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Rio to take full control of uranium mine near Kakadu

Rio Tinto plans to compulsorily acquire shares in Energy Resources of Australia and get on with rehabilitating the Ranger uranium mine surrounded by Kakadu.

AAP · Nov 20, 2024

Traditional owners join legal spat over Jabiluka mine

Traditional owners will continue their fight against the Jabiluka uranium mine by contesting a legal bid by a Rio Tinto subsidiary to extend the mining lease.

AAP · Sep 16, 2024

Government 'secrecy' blasted over Jabiluka uranium mine

A uranium mining firm has accused the federal and Northern Territory governments of hiding their reasons not to extend a 42-year lease to the Jabiluka mine.

AAP · Aug 27, 2024

Rio Tinto agrees to loan $100 million to Energy Resources Australia for NT Ranger Mine rehabilitation

Mining giant Rio Tinto has agreed to loan $100 million to a company that is struggling to pay for the clean-up of a Northern Territory mine site.

ABC News · Oct 6, 2022

Directors of firm responsible for clean-up at Kakadu uranium site will resign amid fight with Rio Tinto

Miner wants Energy Resources Australia chair to resign after minority shareholders threw doubt over Ranger mine rehabilitation

The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2022

Kakadu uranium site clean-up in limbo amid calls to revive mine

Rio Tinto wants to fund rehabilitation but Ranger mine owner’s minority shareholders are pushing for further development

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2022

Energy Resources Australia expected to be granted more time to rehabilitate former uranium mine in Kakadu

The federal government has introduced a bill to allow a mining operator more time to rehabilitate a decommissioned uranium mine near Kakadu National Park.

ABC News · Sep 8, 2022

New laws back Rio Tinto on Kakadu blowout

Rio Tinto can miss the clean-up deadline on the decades-old Ranger uranium mine in the heart of the Kakadu under new laws introduced to federal parliament.

AAP · Sep 8, 2022

Healing a scarred land

On the doorstep of one of Australia's most treasured natural wonders, billions are about to be spent on a high risk operation to try to transform a wasteland into a national park.

ABC News · Jun 18, 2022

Ranger uranium mine rehabilitation costs could blow out to $2.2 billion, Energy Resources tells ASX

The rehabilitation of a decommissioned uranium mine in Kakadu National Park could cost up to $1.2 billion more than expected and take two years longer than initially planned.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2022