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Queensland's ban on uranium mining was revoked in 2012, when Premier Campbell Newman back-flipped on a pre-election promise. [26] In March 2015 the Palaszczuk government announced that it would be reinstating the ban. [27] The New South Wales Government passed the Mining Legislation Amendment (Uranium Exploration) Act 2012 No 16 on 4 April 2012.
Two uranium mining projects in the state are closer to production, the 750 tonne U 3 O 8 Lake Maitland project, pursued by Mega Uranium, and the 680 tonne U 3 O 8 Centipede–Lake Way project undertaken by Toro Energy, located at Lake Way.
The ban was lifted when the Liberal Party was voted into power in the state and, as of 2010, many companies are exploring for uranium in Western Australia. One of the industry's major players, the mining company BHP Billiton, planned to develop the Yeelirrie uranium project in a 17 billion dollar project. [ 150 ]
Western Australia has a significant share of the Australia's uranium reserves, but between 2002 and 2008, a statewide ban on uranium mining was in force. The ban was lifted when the Liberal Party was voted into power in the state and, as of 2010, many companies are exploring for uranium in Western Australia.
In 2015, the Government of Queensland reinstated the ban on all uranium mining activity. South Australia is still undertaking research into the effect of uranium mining in the state. Mining is still banned in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. [24] [25] Paladin owns the Valhalla deposit with both measured and indicated uranium resources of ...
The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test a tribal law that bans uranium from being transported on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying the mineral and return to the mine ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed reluctant Monday to agree with companies seeking to overturn a decades-old Virginia ban on mining radioactive uranium.
The policy restricted uranium mining in Australia to three existing mines, Ranger, Nabarlek and Olympic Dam. [1] The policy was abandoned in 1996, after the 1996 federal election replaced the Labor Party with John Howard's Coalition in power. [3] The new policy was to develop the country's uranium mining industry and uranium exports. [1]