Uranium Mining Ban Lifted in Queensland Australia

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Exploration, Mining, Marketing, & Acquisitions

Date posted: 11/08/13

Australias mineral-rich Queensland state reversed a decades-long ban on uranium mining Monday, citing rekindled interest in the nuclear fuel after Canberra gave the go-ahead to exports to India. Uranium has not been dug in Queensland since the 1982 closure of the major Mary Kathleen mine, while mining for it was outlawed by the state government in 1989. \n\nIt has been 30 years since there was uranium mining in this state, and in that time Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia have carved out successful uranium industries that deliver jobs and prosperity to their regions. Mines Minister Andrew Cripps said the policy shift would not extend to nuclear energy production or waste disposal. Queensland is already a major coal mining region and has a burgeoning gas industry as well as significant deposits of lead, zinc and silver.