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OLYMPIC DAM: URANIUM ALTERNATIVE WOULD SAVE UP TO $18.9 MILLION LITRES WATER DAILY
Authorities have got to decide whether they are happy for South Australia to simply be China’s quarry”, says SA Greens MLC Mark Parnell. A new peer-reviewed report shows that a ‘no uranium’ option for the Olympic Dam mega-expansion is not … Continue reading
BHP SUPPLEMENTARY EIS RESPONSE IS IN – PUBLIC TO WAIT A FURTHER 8 WEEKS
BHP Billiton operators of the Olympic Dam gold, copper and uranium mine in the mid north of the state has handed the South Australian government it’s 15,000 page supplementary environmental impact statement. The South Australian, Northern Territory and federal governments … Continue reading
SEISMIC EXPERT: “MAGNITUDE 7 EARTHQUAKE RISK OBSCURED AT OLYMPIC DAM URANIUM MINE”
“Was the Clark Shaft accident at the Olympic Dam mine preceded by a seismic event?” A geophysicist who investigated earthquakes for the US Geological Survey for 22 years, says that the connection between mining and seismicity [earthquakes] is obscured in … Continue reading
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MAJOR FLOODING AT ANDAMOOKA – ROXBY DOWNS – FLINDERS RANGES & NOTHERN PASTORAL
Welting thunderstorms served a double dose of torrential rains on towns in the far north east of the state including Roxby Downs, Andamooka, the Flinders Ranges and far north east pastoral, severely damaging roads and flooding properties in the region. … Continue reading
BHP EXPANSION – BIG DOCUMENT, BIG HOLE, BIG SUBSIDIES, BIG TOXIC LEGACY
SA’s peak environmental body the Conservation Council of South Australia (CCSA), has criticised BHP-Billiton after the release of the Environmental Impact Statement for its Olympic Dam expansion. The special deals the company wants are unreasonable, unwarranted and will come at … Continue reading
MINERS SEEKING WORK ARE SCAMMED BY CON ARTISTS – HOW TO AVOID THE WORST
by Jack Caldwell Australia’s mining industry is riddled with con artists who run phantom online recruitment services, according to one industry insider. Jody Elliott is a former human resources manager for BHP Billiton and now runs a free information website … Continue reading
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GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN – WATER CRISIS – DECLINING ARTESIAN PRESSURE!
CLIMATE CHANGE FORCES REVIEW OF AUSTRALIA’S GAB WATER USEAGE [Ancient water = PLUTONIC (Does not recharge at lower depth) ] “The ancient underground water basin the size of Libya holds the key to Australia avoiding a water crisis as climate … Continue reading
