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Lloyd Jones

MYSTERIOUS: Uranium miner backs off challenge to jabiluka decision - What They Never Told You

Protests against uranium mining at Jabiluka have been ongoing since the 1990s. (Paul Pennell/AAP PHOTOS)

A uranium miner looks set to drop its Federal Court challenge to a government decision not to renew the controversial Jabiluka mineral lease. 

A hearing of the case was vacated on Monday after the court was told Energy Resources of Australia was the subject of a compulsory share acquisition, making it wholly owned by Rio Tinto.

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