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There has been some opposition to uranium and nuclear industries in WA, especially since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, including anti-uranium campaigns from the Conservation Council of Western Australia, Nuclear-Free Alliance, and the Anti-Nuclear Alliance. [7]
The Western Australian ban on uranium mining was removed in 2008. [20] Queensland's ban on uranium mining was revoked in 2012, when Premier Campbell Newman back-flipped on a pre-election promise.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]
Western Australia, in 2021–22, was the fourth largest producer of rare earths in the world, producing 30,000 tonnes, an increase compared to the previous period. Rare earths sales from the state achieved a value of A$779 million. [16] Rare earths mining in Western Australia takes place at the Mount Weld mine, operated by Lynas. [17]
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Olympic Dam in South Australia, a copper, silver and uranium mine believed to have the world's largest uranium reserve, and in 2018 representing 6% of world production. [ citation needed ] Super Pit gold mine , which has replaced a number of underground mines at Boulder, Western Australia .
The Kintyre uranium project is located 60 km south of the Telfer gold mine and 260 km northeast of Newman at the western edge of the Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia.
This category is about prospective and former uranium mines in Western Australia - active mines belong in the Uranium mines... category Pages in category "Uranium mining in Western Australia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Wiluna and the Mid-West region are the site of Western Australia's most advanced uranium mining projects. Three projects are [when?] in the approval process, with the Lake Maitland uranium project and the Lake Way uranium project both owned by Toro Energy Ltd, and the Yeelirrie uranium project which BHP Billiton sold to Cameco. All three are ...