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Job losses at BHP’s uranium mine

Olympic mine job losses The Age BARRY FITZGERALD November 7, 2009 BHP Billiton has warned of job losses among its contractor workforce at the damaged Olympic Dam copper-gold-uranium mine in South Australia until full production resumes in the March quarter next year………….there will be a net loss of contractor numbers before a resumption of full production at the mine. All up, it has about 3000 employees and contractors and underpins the nearby Roxby Downs township………………….
While a significant copper producer, Olympic Dam’s real importance to world metal markets is its uranium production. At about 4000 tonnes a year, it accounts for about 10 per cent of new mine supply of the radioactive material.

November 6, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business, South Australia, uranium | antinuclear, Australia, BHP, BHP Billiton, nuclear costs, South Australia, uranium