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"The current party in office (the Labor Party) saw the words ‘radioactive metal’ and flinched itself into a ban on all uranium mining, to the detriment of the state economy. Nearly 40% of the world’s known uranium reserves are in Australia, but very little of that is accessible to miners because of the [...]
Tags: cameco, ccj, labor party, liberal, miner, mining, nuclear power, paladin resources, palaf, uranium, western australia
“For some industries, such as airlines, finding a more fuel-efficient way to do business is a matter of survival. According to a recent Financial Times article, it’s ‘triggered a massive jump in the price of obscure and scarce metals that are used to improve the fuel economy of jet [...]
Tags: airlines, jet engines, metals, nuclear power, rail cars, solar power plants, steel, sulfuric acid, titanium, vanadium, wind farms
“With oil in the North Sea almost running out, we need to have a strategy in place to become self-sufficient in terms of our energy needs. If we don’t, we will ultimately have to go cap in hand to the Russians for their gas and oil – and they will wring our [...]
Tags: coal power, coal power plant, e.on, england, gordon brown, Great Britain, kingsnorth, north sea, north sea oil, nuclear power, nuclear power plant, nuclear power united kingdom, uk, united kingdom