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Discuss The Issue Of Mining With Reference To Kakadu

            Uranium mining is the most controversial of all mining activities. Uranium is the mineral ore that fuels the nuclear energy cycle.
             Kakadu has a vast reserve of Uranium ore, from which mining companies have been keen to profit. To help resolve the issues the Federal government introduce the Ranger Uranium inquiry. The decision to allow the establishment of the min was an outcome of the inquiry's deliberations.
             The Ranger uranium mine is located on a 79-km lease, surrounded by Kakadu National Park. Since the mines opening in 1980, sales of uranium ore have exceeded $2.8 billion.
             Ranger is one of the most highly regulated mines in the world. The mine also employs a large team of environmental officers, whose main responsibility is to monitor and mange the flow of water from the site.
             2 factors make the management of water difficult: the variable monsoon climate and the environmental sensitivity of the areas wetlands and flood plains.
             Contaminated runoff from the ore dumps and waste rock piles is channelled into dams and artificial wetlands. In very wet seasons, the main pit is used to store any overflow from the dams.
             A proposal to release contaminated water in 1994-95 was abandoned after protests from Aboriginal groups living downstream.
             The tailings dam is used to store waste from the processing plant. Its water is recycled for use in the processing plant. Its water is recycled for use in the processing plant. Once the mining at the site is completed a complete rehabilitation of the area will be carried out.
             In 1998 the Federal Government approved the development of Jabiluka uranium mine. The decision outraged conservationists and traditional owners of the site; the Mirrar people waged a long campaign against the proposed development.
             It is an underground mine and is located 20 km north of the Ranger uranium mine. And its expected to yield 90 000 tonnes of uranium ore over 28 years.
             The mines owners (ERA) and the federal government both acknowledge that the Mirrar people oppose to the construction of the new mine, but maintain that an agreement negotiated 15yrs ago gives them a right to mine.


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