Antinuclear

South Australian tax-payers will help BHP’s uranium mine to be “viable”

for the Olympic Dam Task Force to assist owner BHP Billiton in proving the viability of this project.

State funding to support Olympic Dam expansion – URANIUM, Mineweb , Ross Louthean, 01 Mar 2010 State funding to support Olympic Dam expansionThe South Australian Government has allocated funds for a task force looking into the massive and protracted study on expanding the big Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine in the State’s far north.

“… State Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Paul Holloway,told Paydirt’s Uranium Conference that the Rann State Government had allocated A$6.2 million (US$5.56 million) through to 2012/13 for the Olympic Dam Task Force to assist owner BHP Billiton in proving the viability of this project.

Mineweb – State funding to support Olympic Dam expansion – URANIUM

March 2, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, South Australia, uranium | antinuclear, BHP, BHP Billiton, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, South Australia, uranium