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BHP keeps mum on early uranium shipment to China

BHP ships first uranium from SA

The Age BARRY FITZGERALD

October 1, 2009

“……………..BHP would not give details on the shipment, which was made possible by the 2006 agreement between the former Howard government and Beijing on a nuclear safeguards pact.
The first shipment from Olympic Dam follows that made by the Rio Tinto-controlled Ranger mine in the Northern Territory last year. B

Both shipments are nevertheless ahead of the timing initially envisaged when the safeguards pact was signed. At the time, first shipments to China were not anticipated to occur until 2010

BHP’s first shipment from South Australia

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