Five Indigenous prisoners will be provided with training and employment opportunities with BHP Billiton and its contracting partners at Olympic Dam through an employment project to be funded by the Australian Government.
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’ […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
AUSTRALIAN MINING INDUSTRY – DIMINISHED BY ALMOST 5% IN 2008
The Australian mining industry is estimated to have diminished by almost 5% in real terms in 2008 Forecasts for Australia’s mining industry are discouraging, with the industry estimated to have contracted by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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