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Location of BHP Billiton’s proposed desalination plant opposed

Australian environment body calls for shifting of BHP Billiton’s desalination plant domain-b.com news 24 August 2009
Environmental concerns over mining major, BHP Billiton’s expansion plans at Roxy Downs have come to the fore with the Australian Conservation Foundation calling for the shifting of a desalination plant from Upper Spencer Gulf in South Australia………………………
According to Dave Noonan from the foundation, the company has no choice but to shift the plant to address the environmental and other concerns. He added that the company should accept that a desalination at the planned location would not be allowed and that they would not be allowed to design a mine to leak millions of liters of radioactive waste a day.

domain-b.com : Australian environment body calls for shifting of BHP Billiton’s desalination plant

September 2, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | South Australia, uranium | antinuclear, Australia, BHP Billiton, nuclear, South Australia, uranium