Deficit of trust in Rio Tinto’s social and environment program
Rights to information, to safe drinking water and a healthy environment underpin Rio Tinto’s social licence to operate. Indeed, the company goes to great lengths...
Tag : uranium
Toxic uranium legacy of Central Asia and its clean-up
Industrial-scale uranium mining began in Mailuu-Suu during the Soviet era in 1946 and lasted until 1968. Uranium ore from Europe and China was also processed...
Uranium production cut to be extended in Kazakhstan
In early April, Kazakhstan’s national operator for the import and export of uranium, Kazatomprom announced that its facilities across Kazakhstan would be working at reduced...
Terraframe company mines uranium in Sotkamo, Finland
The Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment announced that the Finnish government granted a permit for state-owned Terraframe company to extract and refine uranium...
Ban on uranium and thorium exploration and mining decreed in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has signed a decree banning the exploration and mining of uranium and thorium deposits in Kyrgyzstan, his press service reported on...