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The land of
Jabiluka belongs to the Mirrar Aboriginal people. Jabiluka was a
land where it was supposed to be built a uranium mine. The land
of Jabiluka is surrounded by Kakadu National Park. In 1998 the
Mirrar people decided to blockade the construction of the mine
which should have been made by Energy Resources Australia, they
called for activists from the whole world and from Australia to
help them in the blockade. During the blockade over four hundred
people have been arrested. The Energy Resources Australia were
able to dig the entrance of the mine but were not able to
continue. Rio Tinto Group bought the holding company of Energy
Resources Australia, North Ltd and they told that the mine will
continue till the Ranger uranium mine is mined out. The Mirrar
people have been against the Rio Tinto Group and asked them to
clean the site and restore it. And in August 2003 the site
started to be rehabilitated. |
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