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Western Australia's peak environmental lobby group claims uranium miner Cameco is unlikely to prioritise development of its projects in the state in the wake of a quarterly profit that was lower than expected.
Topics: uranium-mining, business-economics-and-finance, wa, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's Environment Minister stands by the Government's decision to back Canadian miner Cameco's Yeelirrie uranium project, against the advice of its own environmental watchdog.
Topics: uranium-mining, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, environmental-impact, kalgoorlie-6430, wiluna-6646, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe WA Government grants environmental approval for Cameco's Yeelirrie uranium mine, which was knocked back by the state's environmental watchdog last year.
Topics: uranium-mining, wiluna-6646
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Western Australia's first uranium mine is a step closer as the state's Environment Minister Albert Jacob grants approval for a project at Wiluna in the northern Goldfields.
Topics: uranium-mining, mining-industry, environmental-impact, mining-environmental-issues, states-and-territories, wiluna-6646, wa, perth-6000
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Topics: mining-rural, uranium-mining, geology, adelaide-university-5005
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Vanessa Guthrie concedes WA's fledgling uranium sector could face a longer-than-expected wait for full recovery.
Topics: uranium-mining, mining-industry, mining-rural, wiluna-6646, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedWorkers for Adani's mega coal mine will be sourced from regional Queensland, with the Indian giant's chairman agreeing not to use foreign workers on 457 visas.
Topics: uranium-mining, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-environmental-issues, environment, townsville-4810, qld, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedProponents of uranium mines in Western Australia are racing to gain environmental approvals ahead of the state election, in case Labor wins, the Conservation Council says.
Topics: uranium-mining, states-and-territories, mining-environmental-issues, environmental-impact, environment, wiluna-6646, kalgoorlie-6430, wa
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The long-term provider of Saturday donuts and crocodile meat pies in Jabiru is the latest local business to shut amid concerns of the mining town's economic slowdown.
Topics: human-interest, small-business, economic-trends, uranium-mining, mining-rural, jabiru-0886
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| UpdatedA world-first nuclear project in Finland is creating chatter amongst many, even from as far afield as South Australia.
Topics: nuclear-energy, nuclear-issues, uranium-mining, finland, sa
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The Environmental Protection Authority has given conditional approval for an expansion of Toro Energy's proposed uranium mines near Wiluna.
Topics: uranium-mining, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, wiluna-6646
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Analysts say the global uranium price — still stuck at historic lows — remains the critical factor for Western Australia's budding uranium industry.
Topics: uranium-mining, mining-industry, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedA new uranium mine in Western Australia's Goldfields is recommended for approval by the state's environmental watchdog, just weeks after a similar proposal in the area was knocked back.
Topics: uranium-mining, industry, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's environmental watchdog knocks back a proposed uranium mine in the state's Goldfields that would have seen 7,500 tonnes of material produced and transported by road each year.
Topics: uranium-mining, business-economics-and-finance, wa, kalgoorlie-6430
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Transgender musician Anohni describes the proponents of a uranium mine in Western Australia's Pilbara as "desolate souls" after taking part in a protest march to the site of the proposed project.
Topics: uranium-mining, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, newman-6753, wa
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| UpdatedThe company that operates the Ranger Uranium Mine in Kakadu says it still preserves the option for further underground operations at the site, despite a push from environmentalists to scrap its Ranger 3 Deeps project.
Topics: uranium-mining, mining-environmental-issues, jabiru-0886
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| UpdatedTraditional owners welcome a rehabilitation deal over the Ranger uranium mine surrounded by Kakadu National Park after major shareholder Rio Tinto stumps up a $100 million loan to cover any shortfall in clean-up funding.
Topics: uranium-mining, industry, environment, mining-rural, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, nt
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The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) says a report commissioned by a uranium company has identified deposits in north-west Queensland as some of the best in Australia.
Topics: uranium-mining, mount-isa-4825, longreach-4730
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Geological Survey executive director Ian Scrimgeour says there is a strong mining future in the Top End, as Tanami Gold NL flags expansion that would create up to 150 jobs. Read More
Topics: agricultural-prices, mining-industry, uranium-mining, mining-rural, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedMost headlines about mining would point to a fairly sombre mood at this year's Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar, but many industries remain confident about a future in the Northern Territory.
Topics: agricultural-prices, mining-industry, uranium-mining, mining-rural, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedEmployees of Papua New Guinea's largest mine, Ok Tedi, are in shock after a landslip inside the mine's pit killed an employee yesterday evening.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, workplace, uranium-mining, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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Matthew Boyle, uranium analyst, CRU, on the eventual turnaround for uranium price. Mike Young, Vimy Resources, on the price needed to commence mining in WA
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, uranium-mining, nuclear-energy, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAustralia has work cut out to become premium uranium supplier to new generation of nuclear power plants across Asia.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, uranium-mining, trade, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA uranium miner that oversaw a spill of 1,400 cubic metres of radioactive slurry will face no legal action after the NT Department of Mines and Energy decides it is not in the public interest to prosecute.
Topics: uranium-mining, mining-environmental-issues, law-crime-and-justice, jabiru-0886