WA implements uranium mining ban but allows four projects to proceed
The West Australian Labor government has confirmed it will allow the four uranium projects approved by the previous Liberal-National government to proceed as it institutes an otherwise blanket ban on uranium mining across the state.
From Tuesday, the government will use a section of the Mining Act to restrict the extraction of uranium from future mining leases, reviving a ban that last existed under Labor between 2002 and 2008.
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