Russia takes aim at US nuclear power by throttling uranium
Limits creates potential supply risks to utilities operating American reactors that generate almost a fifth of the country’s electricity.
Mining Review reports the government of Tanzania has allayed fears over likely land disputes between uranium investors and local residents in the Ruvuma region of southern Tanzania, and is confident that the envisaged uranium project in the area will be operational late next year.
The controversial uranium mine is located inside the Selous Game Reserve, Africa’s second-largest wildlife sanctuary and a Unesco heritage site. Australia’s Mantra Resources project in the southern part of the 54,600-square kilometre park is estimated to have 53.9 million pounds of uranium oxide deposits which is worth some $2.7bn at current market prices.
Officials claim that mining would only involve about 1% of the park’s overall area and that income accrued from mining would help fund upkeep of the park, but environmentalists have slammed the plan.
Mining Review quotes Namtumbo district commissioner Saveli Maketta: “It’s a fact that the southern part of the country remains underdeveloped…this project will unlock a lot of economic opportunities.”
6 Comments
GMhanze
To have a mine in reserve is not a problem.for a long time we had that reserve and how much did the goverment eaned.I insist the goverment to welcome the mining.the process to be done here in tz.I mean from excavation to final product.
Sadick Mvuma
If we do not mine this soon our generation will do it, let us mine it now and spend that income to build our Nation for our future generation. Today is a better than Tomorrow, what is seen today shall not be seen tomorrow, That isn’t good to you is better to others, if you don’t do it now rest assured and know that the other parts done it (Already) and benefit on that. Why not now to you whilst tomorrow might not be tomorrow because yesterday isn’t tomorrow think about it. (WHY)
Sadick Mvuma
Mtanzania
Mr. Saveli Maketta is a scoop for the infesters called Mantra Resources. No One should think that this man thinks correctly. I would not agree with Sadick Mvuma as he probably does not seem to understand the technicalities around Uranium Mining. No one in their right minds would go mine Uranium for a year and create highly hazardous tailings/waste materials (Heavy burden materials) whose impacts will remain for over 4 billion years.
ER
Mtanzania
It should be underscored that the fight is not between the community members in the surrounding village of Likuyi Sekamaganga and sister villages but the ecosystem, the environment and the potential benefits to this country from the so called mega project! The amount of money which would come from this; no matter how much it will be; will never be enough to clean the radioactive waste which will be produced. That needs to be taken into consideration besides that fact that the diversity in the reserve will also be lost.
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Raia
Mr. Mvuma, it looks like you don’t understand our present leaders or my be you are one of them who are trying to push things for your own benefit. You don’t really mean what you are saying. What has gold brought up to now? For your information the government is bankrupt!
We citizens are getting poorer each passing day and now you want to produce radioactive waste which you don’t now where you dump it. I am in Songea, and I feel very well what impact your project will bring to us! The fact that this southern part of the country is underdeveloped it is because of poor policies and corrupt government. This region has contributed a lot to the government through tobacco and maize but what has the government
done in exchange to develop the region for 50 years now of independence!!!
Mr. Mvuma and the Hon. Mr. D.C. Maketta, please we don’t want your polotics in this issue.