Suspect multinational mining company heading for Alice Springs

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A company with a history of bad environmental practice is exploring a uranium mining site near Alice Springs water supply. Canadian based multinational mining company Cameco and Australian Paledin Energy have a joint venture to explore the area, and are due to begin drilling in March. Cameco have had to close their Port Hope refinery after paying a 1.4 million dollar settlement for failing to comply with environmental standards. So how can community members of the site be sure that the situation in America isn’t set for repeat?

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Monday, February 2 2009
Produced By Leeanne Torpey
Featured in storyRegional director for Cameco Australia, Jennifer ParkesJimmy cocking, Co-ordinater of the arid lands environment centre in Alice SpringsAlan Hughes, Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region which monitors the Ranger Mine in the Northern Territory
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