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	Contaminated water shuts Rio uranium mine
		The centre's researchers said the water was found to contain levels of uranium up to 400 times safe drinking levels, but Rio Tinto said it had been assured by health officials that the contamination posed no health risk to workers and that the water supply in the nearby town of Jabiru was not affected.
		To extract uranium, ore is crushed and then pumped as a slurry to a thickener, where excess water is removed, before heading to leach tanks where sulphuric acid is added to dissolve uranium-bearing minerals.
		Ammonia precipitates the uranium, which then passes to a furnace where ammonia is driven off, allowing uranium oxide to form.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press302.htm (803 words)

	Uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers Region
		Where the concentration of uranium is sufficiently high, these regions or orebodies may be mined and processed to extract and consolidate the uranium into uranium oxide concentrate.
		Koongarra is a significant uranium deposit which is yet to be subject to the process of seeking permission to develop the mine.
		The history of uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers Region (ARR) dates back to the 1950s and there are a number of former uranium mines in the South Alligator Valley of the ARR, which were subject to mining activity from 1954 to 1964.
	www.environment.gov.au /ssd/uranium-mining/arr-mines/index.html (372 words)

	Ranger uranium mine
		The Ranger uranium deposits were discovered in 1969 by geologists who were investigating radiometric anomalies detected by airborne surveys.
		Construction of the mine facilities commenced at Ranger in 1979 and mining of the Ranger no. 1 orebody, by conventional open pit methods, began in August 1980.
		The operation of a uranium mine and mill in a region which is World Heritage listed, subject to seasonal extremes in rainfall typical of monsoonal climates and which represents at least forty thousand years of habitation by the Aboriginal people, provides many environmental challenges.
	www.environment.gov.au /ssd/uranium-mining/arr-mines/ranger.html (351 words)

	Ranger uranium mine
		The Ranger uranium deposits were discovered in 1969 by geologists who were investigating radiometric anomalies detected by airborne surveys.
		Construction of the mine facilities commenced at Ranger in 1979 and mining of the Ranger no. 1 orebody, by conventional open pit methods, began in August 1980.
		The operation of a uranium mine and mill in a region which is World Heritage listed, subject to seasonal extremes in rainfall typical of monsoonal climates and which represents at least forty thousand years of habitation by the Aboriginal people, provides many environmental challenges.
	www.deh.gov.au /ssd/uranium-mining/arr-mines/ranger.html (351 words)

	European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights: news
		The Ranger facility, which lies within the Kakadu National Park, was temporarily shut down in March after workers were accidentally exposed to water polluted with uranium.
		Ranger is due to close in 2011 when most of the uranium deposits will be exhausted.
		Ranger is due to close within the next few years as the resource is all but mined out.
	www.eniar.org /news/ranger1.html (919 words)

	Ranger Uranium Mine
		The Ranger Uranium Mine lies within the ecological boundaries of the Kakadu National Park World Heritage area, in the eastern edge of the Park.
		The Ranger mine was the first new mine to go ahead in the second wave of uranium mining in Australia, and it holds a significant place in the history of indigenous land rights in this country.
		For a mine operating in one of the world's most ecologically and culturally important regions, this 10 year snapshot of leaks, spills and accidents give the lie to the claim of 'world's best practice'.
	www.anawa.org.au /nt/ranger.htm (375 words)

	Ranger uranium mine: after the contamination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The Mirarr Traditional Aboriginal Owners of the Ranger uranium mine welcome the decision by the Northern Territory Minister for Mines and Energy to refer the March 2004 Ranger process water contamination incident to the Department of Justice for likely prosecution.
		The chief scientist closed the mine for a period, and there were worries that the creeks surrounding Jabiru may be contaminated by processed water from the mine which had been diverted incorrectly.
		In March workers at the mine were showered and consumed water that was later found to be contaminated by the mine's processed water.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press361.htm (1765 words)

	Australia's Uranium Mines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Mining at Ranger #1 was by open pit, and from 1992-5 this was on a campaign basis, with mining occurring for six months of the year during the dry season and the treatment plant being run for the other six months.
		Uranium recovery has been about 71%, due to about half of the uranium being in the form of refractory brannerite, but an improved leach process was able to lift recovery to 82%.
		While the grade of the uranium ore is lower than many mines or potential mines which have the benefit of open cut operation, the fact that copper is a co-product with uranium from that same ore (at 2.0% Cu in the proved and 2.1% Cu in the probable reserves) means that such grades are viable.
	www.uic.com.au /emine.htm (4876 words)

	Issues at Operating Uranium Mines and Mills - Australia
		Mining of the present estimated reserves at Ranger is still expected to cease in 2008.
		The Ranger mine in the Northern Territory is due to close in 2008 and the processing facility was meant to shut down in 2011.
		ERA said mining at Ranger, which is in Kakadu national park, was expected to continue until at least 2008 with milling operations continuing until at least 2011.
	www.wise-uranium.org /umopaus.html (5720 words)

	Hundreds Arrested Resisting Jabiluka Uranium Mine
		Nonviolent resistance spread the same day to the established Ranger uranium mine in the same region, which was supplying water by truck for the new Jabiluka project.
		Also on June 30, a shipment of Ranger uranium bound for Belgium was temporarily blocked at the Darwin port by another truck lock-on, by swimmers preventing the ship from docking, and by crane occupiers.
		When mine operators told police the mob had trespassed, people held up their action camp "passports" indicating permission of the Mirrar people to be there, and began to chant "E.R.A: whose land did you steal today?" When told they had one last chance to leave, about 40 people did.
	www.serve.com /~nukeresister/nr113/100sarrested.html (1088 words)

	NT Uranium Mine Danger: Heavy rains pose radioactive risk to Kakadu : Melbourne Indymedia
		MARCH 5, 2007 - Ranger danger: Heavy rains pose radioactive risk to Kakadu - Australia’s largest National Park faces the threat of radioactive and heavy metal contamination from flooding at the controversial Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu.
		In 2003 a Senate Inquiry into Ranger concluded that ‘the intense and highly seasonal wet season of the NT makes the dispersion of mine waste waters the main threat to ecosystems’ and found ‘a pattern of underperformance and non-compliance’.
		Australian uranium mines and tailings dumps have a history of leakages and spills; many of the accidents have been minor but some have been serious.
	www.melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2007/03/141518.php (635 words)

	PM - Ranger Uranium Mine resumes production despite contaminated water incidents
		The mine is back to full production, even though the investigations into how workers were able to drink water with uranium 100 times the legal limit, are still not finished.
		In recent days the mine's management and the supervising scientist responsible for overseeing Ranger, have given public assurances that measures are in place to stop such an incident happening again.
		ANNE BARKER: Traditional owners of the Ranger mine are naturally upset at this latest string of incidents, and say it displays a Keystone cops approach to regulating the mine.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1086654.htm (696 words)

	Fix uranium mine with laws: scientist - National - www.smh.com.au
		Dr Johnston, whose Darwin office is responsible for monitoring the operation of the mine for Canberra, said ERA had breached two environmental requirements of its operating licence in the past year.
		The Northern Territory Government, which regulates the mine, has already charged ERA over a pipe mix-up in March when 149 workers were exposed to 400 times the legal limit of uranium.
		Ranger has had more than 120 spills, mishaps or breaches of its licence since it opened in 1981.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/Fix-uranium-mine-with-laws-scientist/2004/11/09/1099781393795.html?oneclick=true (596 words)

	History of Our Struggle
		The evidence before us shows that the traditional owners of the Ranger [uranium] site [the Mirarr] and the Northern Land Council (as now constituted) are opposed to the mining of uranium on that site...
		However the Mirarr continued to voice their dissatisfaction with the idea of the Ranger uranium mine proceeding.
		In 1998 the Mirarr were informed that the Ranger mine would require an extension of its 21 year lease which expires on January 9, 2000.
	www.mirarr.net /history.html (3326 words)

	Uranium mine blamed for high Aboriginal cancer rate - National - smh.com.au
		CANCER cases among Aboriginal people living near Australia's biggest uranium mine appear to be almost double the expected rate, a study by the Federal Government's leading indigenous research body shows.
		Last month ERA, which is majority-owned by mining giant Rio Tinto, announced it would extend the life of Ranger by six years to 2020, so it could extract an additional 11,000 tonnes of uranium from low-grade ore stockpiles.
		In 2003, a Senate committee found that regulation of the Ranger mine was "flawed, confusing and inadequate".
	www.smh.com.au /news/national/uranium-mine-blamed-for-high-aboriginal-cancer-rate/2006/11/22/1163871481956.html (616 words)

	Ranger Uranium Mine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ranger uranium mine is located in Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia.
		After years of saying 'No', Ranger was forced upon unwilling local Aboriginal people, who were under immense pressure from a conservative government that insisted on tying consent for the uranium mine to the establishment of the National Park, and the implementation of the NT Land Rights program.
		The mine has had an appalling environmental and worker safety record, culminating in May 2005 in an historic conviction for breach of their environmental guidelines - the first such prosecution in the Northern Territory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ranger_Uranium_Mine (293 words)

	The Gulliver Ranger Dossier
		The Ranger partners were estimated to have spent some A$500,000 on their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and even more on representation at the Ranger Inquiry, where they had staff constantly in attendance, and often a full-blown QC (Queen's Counsel) (9).
		The ACTU made its first policy decision on uranium mining at its September 1975 conference, when it agreed on a ban on all uranium mining until a public inquiry was held, and a moratorium on all exports, except for medical purposes (60).
		Apart from the Ranger and Nabarlek mines, the Mereenie and Palm Valley oil fields, and the Jabiluka project, mining exploration had all but come to a halt in the NT (240) and about a third of the state was under Aboriginal claim (241).
	www.sea-us.org.au /ranger/ranger-gulliver.html (17881 words)

	(1/26/98) Australian Aborigines, Enviros Fighting Huge Uranium Mine
		Jabiluka is one of 26 new uranium mines that the government is studying, with a view to boosting uranium exports.
		Yvonne Margarula, senior traditional custodian and a leader in the opposition to the new mine, recalls that her father, Mirarr leader Toby Gangales, was sick and suffering from the effects of alcoholism when he signed a final agreement supporting mine development in the area.
		While millions of dollars flow from the mines to aboriginal organizations, the study said alcohol-related problems in communities have increased and the employment created for local aboriginals in mining operations is "negligible." The need for more schools and health care for aboriginals remains urgent, it added.
	www.monitor.net:16080 /monitor/9801b/ausminefight.html (878 words)

	The Fight For Jabiluka
		The Government’s intentions to proceed against Aboriginal wishes were confirmed when it exempted the Ranger uranium mine, which is on Mirrar land, from the traditional owner “mining veto” provisions of the Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Act 1976.
		In 1998 the Mirrar were informed that the Ranger mine would require an extension of its 21 year lease which expires on January 9, 2000.
		The Mirrar do not argue that mining alone is impacting on living tradition - the Mirrar argue that mining and its associated social, economic and political impacts are the single greatest impact and that an additional mine will push bininj culture past the point of cultural exhaustion to genocidal decay.
	faculty.virginia.edu /ejus/Fight.htm (5087 words)

	Porter GeoConsultancy - Ore Deposit Description
		Uranium mineralisation is principally present as pitchblende, is intimately associated with chloritisation and occurs as sooty smudges on joint planes and foliations.
		Secondary uranium minerals saleeite, sklodowskite, gummite and metatorbenite are common in the oxidised zone.
		Ranger 68 is 20 km NNW of Ranger 1 and comprises 1.5 Mt @ 0.357% U3O8 at a cutoff of 0.1% U3O8 for over 5000 tonnes of contained U3O8.
	www.portergeo.com.au /database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn455 (810 words)

	Health Stream Article - Issue 35 September 2004
		The SSD is the Australian federal government agency charged with monitoring environmental protection measures for uranium mines in the Alligator Rivers region in the Northern Territory.
		Workers at the mine were exposed through drinking and showering in the contaminated water, and some water also entered the drinking water supply to the nearby town of Jabiru East.
		In addition to uranium, the potential acute and chronic health effects of exposure to other metals and dissolved salts were also considered including aluminium, ammonium ion, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, magnesium, nickel, strontium, sulfate, and zinc.
	www.waterquality.crc.org.au /hsarch/hs35b.htm (2796 words)

	Uranium Mine in Australian Park Closed for Contamination
		The Ranger uranium mine in Australia's largest national park was shut down today because of water contamination.
		Ranger in Kakadu National Park is operated by ERA and majority owned by mining giant Rio Tinto.
		This Supervising Scientist's investigation concluded that the primary cause of the contamination of the drinking water system at the Ranger mine was that on March 23 an operator opened a valve connecting the water manifold at the Fine Ore Bin Scrubber to a one inch hose.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/aug2004/2004-08-31-03.asp (1050 words)

	Ranger-3 Uranium Mining Project
		Ranger doesn't mention this anywhere in either its Company Profile nor in its annual reports, and seems not to have considered the issue even as a way to enhance its case for developing North Ranger-2 in preference to Orebody-3.
		As the development of Orebody-3 was essentially covered in the Ranger inquiry, and as the current ERA plan to develop Orebody-3 is not radically different from that canvassed in the inquiry, a new environmental impact assessment won't be required as it would for the development of North Ranger-2.
		Orebody-3 should be delayed until the Senate Select Committee on uranium mining has been allowed to assess it in the light of the data revealed by the formal environmental assessment for the Jabiluka proposal' Mr Hallam concluded.
	www.wise-uranium.org /uprng3.html (3273 words)

	Green Left - Issues: Shut Ranger down say Greens, socialists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		On September 4, operations at the mine were disrupted after 20 litres of radioactive processing chemicals spilled from a containment area.
		Energy Resources Australia, the mine operator, claimed the latest spill posed no safety risks, but environmentalists and traditional owners of the land, in Kakadu National Park, have renewed their calls for action against ERA.
		ALP environmental spokesperson Kelvin Thompson told media on August 31 that a “culture of complacency” existed at the mine and that this was the result of the federal Coalition government’s ignoring of recommendations made by the Senate inquiry last year.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2004/598/31784 (710 words)

	Uranium Mining
		The operator of the Northern Territory's Ranger uranium mine is considering expanding the size of its open cut operations.
		The head of the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory says new entrants to the uranium industry should prepare themselves for zealous government regulation.
		IRAN is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed.
	archive.wn.com /2006/10/20/1400/uraniummining (683 words)

	Ranger, NT - ERA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Discusses the political context in which the Ranger mine was allowed to proceed, ERA's ownership and foreign sales, Aboriginal issues, trade union actions, ALP, etc.....
		The Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry went on to become one of the most important inquiries into the nuclear industry of the 1970s.
		Mining at Ranger is a long term disaster.
	www.sea-us.org.au /ranger/ranger.html (220 words)

	NT denies uranium mine to blame for cancer \| \| The Australian
		However the Commonwealth's peak indigenous research body, which commissioned the report, says its discovery of a near doubling in the overall cancer incidence rate, compared to other areas of the territory, is a cause for “serious concern”.
		A concrete link was not made between cancer rates and the mine because the report found there was not enough available evidence to support the claim.
		The report is the first to examine health issues since ERA first started mining at Ranger in the 1980s, despite more than 120 recorded “mishaps” including leakages, spillages and breaches of regulations.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20808609-1702,00.html (589 words)

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