Arid Lands Environment Centre: BHP BILLITON'S OLYMPIC DAM MINE

Thursday, June 11, 2009

BHP BILLITON'S OLYMPIC DAM MINE

http://www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/oz/u/roxby/summary
On May 1, 2009, BHP Billiton released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) promoting its plans to turn the Olympic Dam (Roxby Downs) mine in South Australia into the largest uranium mine in the world.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS BHP Billiton has written the EIS itself. The company has not been required to study the viability of mining copper, gold and silver without also extracting and selling uranium − an option which would allow for ongoing, profitable mining while addressing at least some of the major problems. Nuclear fuel chain issues (such as WMD proliferation risks) are excluded from consideration in the EIS process.
SA government website for the Olympic Dam expansion: www.olympicdameis.sa.gov.au
BHP Billiton's website: www.bhpbilliton.com/bb/odxEis.jsp
To go straight to the EIS documents: www.bhpbilliton.com/bb/odxEis/downloads/draftEisDocuments.jsp

Written submission deadline: Friday August 7, 5pm Submissions can be emailed to: OlympicDamEIS@state.sa.gov.au Or posted to: Manager, Assessment Branch, Department of Planning and Local Government
RE: Proposed Olympic Dam Expansion. GPO Box 1815, Adelaide SA, 5001 Phone (08) 8303 0752

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