Mining
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2005 - 2006
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4 July 2006 |
McArthur River revised mine plan a crucial test case for NT rivers and communities. The Environment Centre of the NT (ECNT) says the government’s handling of MRM/Xstrata’s revised plan to divert the McArthur River and mine the river bed is a crucial test case for the protection of the NT’s relatively pristine rivers and all the values and amenity they provide to the whole community.
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12 April 2006 |
McArthur mine river diversion should be ruled out by NT Government. The NT Government should refuse to assess a resubmitted mining proposal from McArthur River Mining (MRM) that involves diverting the McArthur River, says ECNT. |
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11 April 2006 |
Inflated benefits and hidden costs: Independent economic assessment of McArthur River Mine needed. The economic benefits and costs associated with the McArthur River mine must be examined publicly and independently, ECNT said today. |
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23 February 2006 |
McArthur open cut mine decision a great outcome for NT environment and community. The Environment Centre NT (ECNT) applauds the decision made today by the Minister for Natural Resources, Environment & the Arts, Marion Scrymgour, to not recommend approval of the McArthur River Mine Open Cut Project. |
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28 October 2005 |
EIS submissions close - McArthur River mine proposal another Mt Todd in the making. Xstrata’s proposed McArthur River Mine Open Cut Project could well end up becoming another long-lasting environmental disaster for the Top End, the Environment Centre NT (ECNT) said today, and should not receive the go-ahead from the NT Government. |
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16 September 2005 |
Parks Masterplan a welcome step forward for Territory environment - shame about the prospect of mining in national parks. The Environment Centre NT (ECNT) has welcomed the release of the Draft NT Parks and Conservation Masterplan earlier this week. We are, however, disappointed that the Draft Masterplan has not taken adequate steps to prohibit mining activity in the Territory’s national parks. |
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20 July 2005 |
Tiwi Island sandmining proposal must be subject to full environmental assessment. The Environment Centre NT (ECNT) has urged the Territory government to ensure that the mineral sands mine on the Tiwi Islands proposed by WA company Matilda Minerals is subject to a full, high level environmental impact assessment process. |
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8 July 2005
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Uranium
exploration in the Northern Territory –- the rush is on. An analysis
of NT Government data by ECNT has found that there is currently
a total area of 27,880 square kilometres (or 2.79 million hectares)
in the NT being targeted by companies with interests in uranium.
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26 April
2005
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Letter
to French Embassy on "French Government involvement in
proposed Koongarra uranium mine". Signed by ECNT,
ACF, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and The Wilderness Society
and delivered on the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
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24 March 2005
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Minister
needs to check his own Government’s policy on new NT
uranium mine". The Environment Centre NT (ECNT)
says Federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources Ian
Macfarlane needs to check his own Government’s policy
on the proposed Koongarra uranium mine before he continues
talking up new mines and the nuclear industry.
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