Rio Tinto to take over A$2.2B Ranger mine cleanup
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO; NYSE: RIO) is to carry out the A$2.2 billion ($2 billion) rehabilitation of the closed Ranger uranium mine in Australia’s Northern Territory, a government…
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Regis Resources says Australian project ‘not viable’ after minister’s order
Australian gold miner Regis Resources (ASX: RRL) warned on Monday that its McPhillamys project is “not viable” due to a last-minute environmental protection declaration by the federal government. The company…
Australia’s ERA scores win in battle to keep uranium lease
Australia’s Federal Court has temporarily halted the government’s decision to not extend Rio Tinto-owned Energy Resources of Australia‘s (ASX: ERA) lease for a high-grade uranium deposit in the country’s Northern Territory….
Australia rejects Rio Tinto unit’s uranium mine lease renewal
Decision ends a decades-long dispute over Jabikula, one of the world’s largest untapped deposits of high-grade uranium.