The finalized supply deal with Australia could be quite lucrative for Australian uranium producers and uranium mines, which include BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam, Rio Tinto’s Ranger, Beverley, Four Mile and Honeymoon.
Mining company ERA, majority owned by Rio Tinto, publicly vowed not to mine Jabiluka without the consent of the Mirarr People.
In the face of corporate and government intransigence, Aboriginal custodians are taking back responsibility for environmental and cultural management within and downstream of the mineral lease area.
The three 250 tonne mega machines that Nautilus Minerals (in which Anglo American is a major shareholder) will use to chew up the seafloor in PNG have finally been unveiled. One can only imagine the destruction that is going to be caused and the impacts on sea life and vital fishing stocks once these mechanical giants are unleashed…
“Promoting CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) has long been a mainstay of the global coal industry’s PR pitch that it is possible to keep building new coal plants and cut greenhouse gas emissions”.
Although it’s not the only CCS project currently being promoted, Boundary Dam is nonetheless the coal industry’s poster-child, having earned the backing of BHP Billiton, the world’s largest diversified miner.
