Four Mile uranium mine held up in legal dispute
- Miners clash on native title Sarah-Jane Tasker
- From: The Australian
- November 13, 2009
THE joint-venture partners in what is expected to be Australia’s next uranium mine are locked in a legal dispute over a native title agreement on the project.
Alliance Resources, a 25 per cent stakeholder in the Four Mile project in South Australia, has moved in the Supreme Court against joint-venture partner Quasar Resources, an affiliate of US-based Heathgate Resources.
Alliance is accusing Quasar and Heathgate of negotiating a native title agreement combining the Four Mile project with Heathgate’s Beverley mine.
The company said it was not involved in negotiations on the agreement and was concerned it exposed Alliance to liabilities that might apply only to the Beverley operation.
“As the native title mining agreement hasn’t been registered, a mining lease can’t be offered to the joint venture at this time, and therefore onsite construction at Four Mile can’t commence,”Alliance said………..http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/miners-clash-on-native-title/story-e6frg9dx-1225797126479
Smart grid will enable small and large renewable power sources
The CSIRO has launched a new research centre aimed at helping transform Australian electricity networks and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The Renewable Energy Integration Facility based in Newcastle, NSW, will develop grid management technologies that will allow greater penetration of renewable, low-emission energy resources into electricity networks. The facility will also be used to develop automatic fault detection techniques to help improve electricity supply reliability and reduce blackouts, according to the CSIRO…………..
“The facility demonstrates how electricity networks will work in the future where the electricity supply mix will include greater numbers of small power sources in conjunction with large, centralised power sources.”CSIRO scientist, Dr David Cornforth, said………..http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/326046/csiro_opens_renewable_energy_integration_facility.
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