Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. (ERA.AU) has given its assurance that there's no risk of impure water spill from a uranium mine into Australia's pristine Kakadu National Park next months of heavy rainfall. The miner said Monday that although it may have to pump water from the tailing dam at its Ranger uranium mine into the main pit to avoid overflow, there's no risk of contamination to the surrounding environment. Ranger borders Kakadu and its world tradition listed wetlands. "We're confident that our ultimate contingency plan to pump water out of the tailing dam and into Pit Three is a sound plan and there is no risk of overflow," an ERA spokeswoman said. There is no require enacting the contingency plant at present, she added.
Water levels in the tailing dam are about 10-20 centimeters under their 53 meter height limit. The spokeswoman said that Pit Three, although filled with about 90 meters of water, is around 200 meters profound and there's no concern at all of contaminated water leaking out. ERA, which is majority owned by Rio Tinto (RIO), said last Tuesday that a suspension of dispensation plant operations at Ranger would be extended until late July to permit water levels to fall. Since then, Bureau of Meteorology records show that there hasn't been much rainfall at the near town of Jabiru, with only 8.0 millimeters falling last Thursday and close to nothing on other days.
There was about three weeks left of the official wet season, ERA said final Tuesday. Ranger has this year recorded its third-highest wet season on record. Its three worst wet seasons have all happen within the last five years. ERA is among Australian miners with operations that have been harshly hampered by heavy rainfall caused by a La Nina weather pattern, which can reason more rain in Australia and drought in South America.
Water levels in the tailing dam are about 10-20 centimeters under their 53 meter height limit. The spokeswoman said that Pit Three, although filled with about 90 meters of water, is around 200 meters profound and there's no concern at all of contaminated water leaking out. ERA, which is majority owned by Rio Tinto (RIO), said last Tuesday that a suspension of dispensation plant operations at Ranger would be extended until late July to permit water levels to fall. Since then, Bureau of Meteorology records show that there hasn't been much rainfall at the near town of Jabiru, with only 8.0 millimeters falling last Thursday and close to nothing on other days.
There was about three weeks left of the official wet season, ERA said final Tuesday. Ranger has this year recorded its third-highest wet season on record. Its three worst wet seasons have all happen within the last five years. ERA is among Australian miners with operations that have been harshly hampered by heavy rainfall caused by a La Nina weather pattern, which can reason more rain in Australia and drought in South America.
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