Minister backs uranium mining
\n9th April 2009, 14:30 WST<\/p>\n
Australia should be a bigger supplier of the fuel, Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson said today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a major uranium supplier and we should be an even bigger supplier of uranium,\u201d Mr Ferguson said today at a resources industry briefing in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to guarantee that we mine uranium here in Australia with safe hands and export to countries who are prepared to use it with safe hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
Australia could add $17 billion to gross domestic product by 2030 by maximizing suppliers to meet rising global demand for nuclear energy, the Uranium Association said last month<\/p>\n
WA last year scrapped a six- year ban on uranium mining, though Queensland last month ruled out lifting its ban.<\/p>\n
I take the view that over time the position in Queensland will change, Mr Ferguson said.<\/p>\n
Uranium mining is a fact of life and I am a big supporter of the industry.<\/p>\n
Australia has three producing mines in South Australia and the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n
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