Ridding the world of nuclear threats?
The central Asian state of Kazakhstan was among the first to ban all nuclear weapons testing on its territory. Last month the government established the world’s first international nuclear …
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Nuclear news
Nuclear news
Rio outbids Cameco for Hathor Exploration
Rio Tinto is expanding its presence in Canada with an all-cash offer to acquire Hathor Exploration, which owns the Roughrider uranium deposit in Saskatchewan. See http://www.mining.com/2011/10/19/rio-outbids-cameco-for-hathor-exploration/.
Ranger mine …
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Australia approves $20-30bn BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine expansion
Global diversified miner BHP Billiton moved a step closer to expanding its large-scale Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in Australia on Monday, after securing environmental approvals for the project.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=137155&sn=Detail&pid=92730 and
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/bhpbilliton-idUSL3E7LA0FA20111010.…
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Nuclear news
Protesters have been on hunger strike to prevent nuclear power station construction in Tamil Nadu, India
Indefinite Fast Against Nuclear Plant in Koodankulam
http://www.justicia.in/indefinite-fast-against-koodankulam-nuclear-plant-5th-day-update/
Anti- Nuclear Fasters’ Health Critical
http://www.countercurrents.org/pmane180911.htm
“Halt Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Project” – …
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Fukushima disaster worse than ever
Why the Fukushima disaster is worse than Chernobyl
Japan has been slow to admit the scale of the meltdown. But now the truth is coming out.
Fukushima Blows Lid Off Exploited Labour
The …
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BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam uranium mine expansion
Information provided by Friends of the Earth, Adelaide
The Federal and South Australian Governments are currently considering the final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. This is the last …
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BHP posts mining industry’s biggest-ever profits
But the “Big Australian” is dogged by criticism
It’s currently one of the most successful companies anywhere, with a market capitalisation that puts it among the world’s top five corporations.
But, as London-listed BHP Billiton …
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Why BHP Billiton must never expand Olympic Dam uranium mine
Twelve minute video on the dangers of uranium mining and radiation exposure and the particular hazards posed by BHP Billiton’s planned expansion of uranium mining in South Australia. A decision on expansion is to be …
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UK capital’s importance as funder of global uranium production
If you put together the 2010 uranium output from mines owned by Rio Tinto (in Namibia and Australia), along with output from BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine in South Australia, these two London-listed companies rank …
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Reports indicate Fukushima nuclear crisis worsening and widening
As the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe that began on March 11, 2011 now continues beyond 161 days, news accounts indicate that the accident maybe worsening and the scope of radioactive contamination widening.
See http://www.beyondnuclear.org/nuclear-reactors-whatsnew/2011/8/18/reports-indicate-fukushima-nuclear-crisis-worsening-and-wide.html.…
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Nuclear: too hot to handle. But is uranium still warm?
BHP Billiton may delay expansion of Olympic Dam mine
“There hasn’t been a [nuclear] plant in the world built without the relevant government assuming much of the construction, operating and financing risk. There is not …
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Australia’s boomtown curse
An Al Jazeera report on the costs in Australia’s mining boom
See http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/101east/2011/08/20118284435996818.html.…
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