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Weiter unten findet Ihr aktuelle Nachrichten �ber den Konflikt um
die geplante Uranmine Jabiluka im australischen Kakadu-
Nationalpark. Aufgrund der dramatischen Entwicklung dort haben wir
leider nicht die Zeit, sie zu �bersetzen. Entschuldigt deshalb
bitte das englische Posting.

*Worum geht es?*

Die geplante Uranmine Jabiluka befindet sich im Gebiet der Mirrar-
Aborigines, das von der UNESCO als Weltkultur- und Naturerbe unter
Schutz gestellt ist. Am 2. Juni hat die Provinzregierung der 
Northern Territories trotz weltweiter Protest den Bau genehmigt, 
der noch im Juni beginnen kann.

Ebenfalls im Nationalpark liegt die seit �ber zehn
Jahren in Betrieb befindliche Ranger Mine. Ein erheblicher Teil
des dort gef�rderten Urans geht an deutsche AKW-Betreiber wie RWE,
Kraftwerksunion, etc. Falls Jabiluka wirklich gebaut wird, k�nnte
das den Startschu� f�r bis zu 26 weitere Minen bedeuten.

*Es geht also um 1/4 der Welturanreserven!!!*

Wenn Ihr den AKWs den Hahn abdrehen wollt, dann beteiligt Euch an
den Protesten!

Falls Ihr den Kampf der Mirrar-Aborigines und der australischen
Umweltsch�tzerInnen unterst�tzen wollt, dann wendet Euch an INFOE
e.V. <infoe-k@link-gl.de> Wir k�nnen Euch auf Wunsch
Unterschriftenlisten zuschicken. Daneben existiert eine
hervorragende Videodokumentation des Falls, die wir gegen
Selbstkostenpreis vervielf�ltigen und zuschicken k�nnen. Einige
Hintergrundinfos gibt es unter http://www.koeln-online.de/infoe/

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Hier also die neuesten Nachrichten aus Jabiluka:

Mailinglist uranium mining vs. Indigenous Peoples
More arrests at Jabiluka mine site
Tuesday 9 June, 1998 (12:48pm AEST)
There have been more arrests at the Jabiluka uranium mine site, in
Kakadu National Park, with eight protesters taken into custody
this
morning.
Police say they will be charged with trespassing on a lease area
operated by mining company, Energy Resources of Australia.
The spokeswoman for the Jabiluka campaign office, Emma Tucker,
says there are about 50 protesters at the mine site, and eight of
them
chose to take this form of action.
"These people chose to make this statement and there's other
people who are protesting on this issue in different ways," she
said.
"There are people working around the country on this so it's a
personal affirmation of these people's commitment to stopping this
mine."
Jabiru Police Superintendent Gary Smith says the protesters went
peacefully, but he cannot understand their motivation.
"I just find it absolutely ludicrous that these people want to go
and
break the law in the name of protests," he said.
"I mean there's plenty of other ways to protest but they seem to
choose to want to break the law."
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No tailings dam for Jabiluka mine
Tuesday 9 June, 1998 (4:30pm AEST)
The Jabiluka uranium mine and mill in Kakadu National Park will
not have a
tailings dam under a proposal published today.
Mining company Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has released
its Public
Environment Report on the option of building a processing mill on
the mine
site.
ERA would prefer to process ore at its nearby Ranger mine, but
Aboriginal
traditional owners have vetoed that option.
The report sets out the environmental impacts of its plans for the
mine,
the processing plant and for the disposal of tailings on site.
The company had proposed building a 55-hectare tailings dam, but
now plans
to mix the tailings with cement and place the solid waste inside
the mine,
and in two purpose-built disposal pits.
The company also plans to build an acid plant on site, rather than
truck
acid from Ranger.
The public has four weeks to comment on the report.
In other developments, a court hearing against the senior
traditional owner
of the Jabiluka uranium mine site in Kakadu National Park has been
adjourned until next month.
Yvonne Margarula appeared briefly in the Jabiru court charged with
trespass.
The matter has been adjourned to July 14, when she has indicated
she will
plead not guilty.
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The Public Environment Report is open for public review until 6
July 1998.
For a summary of the Public Environment Report and an order form
for the
full report, see ERA's website at
  http://www.energyres.com.au/jabiluka/per/

          _Questions asked over Jabiluka mill guidelines_

 Tuesday 9 June, 1998 (11:03pm AEST)


-->         The Northern Territory Environment Centre says it will
approach the Federal Environment Minister to find out how public
comments
on the Jabiluka mill proposal guidelines were taken into account.

The Federal and Territory Governments received 30 submissions on
Draft
guidelines for the Public Environment Report on the mill proposal
eight
days ago.

Mining company Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) released the
300 page
report today, based on final guidelines.

The centre's Jane Weepers says the process is a joke.

"People have taken the time to give their opinions and comments on
what
the guidelines should be and at the same time the actual report
was being
printed, so the public comments have been ignored," she said.

"The process has been clearly breached and what it does do is
confirm our
views that the government and the company are prepared to just
tread on
the views of the public."

ERA's Phillip Shirvington says the company had the draft
guidelines to
work on in preparing its report, and there were no significant
differences
in the final guidelines.

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