Australian Uranium Association
{{Short description|Australian mining trade group}}
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The Australian Uranium Association was an Australian industry trade group which represented companies involved in uranium exploration, mining and export. It operated from September 2006{{Cite web|url = http://www.zeusresources.com/australian-uranium-association.asp|title = Australian Uranium Association|accessdate = 2015-02-14|website = Zeus Resources|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150214164210/http://www.zeusresources.com/australian-uranium-association.asp|archive-date = 14 February 2015|url-status = dead}} until 2013, after which its responsibilities were absorbed by the Minerals Council of Australia.
History
From 2006 to 2013 the Australian Uranium Association acted as a national advocate for uranium mining and export and commissioned research and polling on uranium mining issues. Its predecessor, the Uranium Information Centre, was replaced by the Association in the same year of the AUA's foundation.{{cite web |title=Uranium Information Centre:Australian Uranium Association Ltd |publisher=Uranium Information Centre |year=2007 |url=http://www.uic.com.au/about.htm |accessdate=2008-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220184151/http://www.uic.com.au/about.htm |archive-date=20 December 2007 |url-status=dead}} The chairman of the Association was Rob Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer of mining company Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) and its chief executive was Michael Angwin.{{Cite web|title=Paydirt Uranium Conference |url=http://www.paydirtsuraniumconference.com/michael_angwin.16.html |date=2011-02-18 |accessdate=2015-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218231652/http://www.paydirtsuraniumconference.com/michael_angwin.16.html |archive-date=18 February 2011 }} Responsibility for the uranium portfolio within the Minerals Council of Australia was passed to Daniel Zavattiero,{{Cite web|url=http://www.saresourcesconf.com/2014-conference-presenters/daniel-zavattiero/ |title=Presenters - Daniel Zavattiero |date=2014 |accessdate=2014-09-11 |website=South Australian Resources & Energy Investment Conference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312071518/https://www.saresourcesconf.com/2014-conference-presenters/daniel-zavattiero/ |archive-date=12 March 2015 }} a former senior executive with BHP's uranium business.{{Cite news|url = http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/australian-uranium-association-joins-forces-with-t|title = Australian Mining|last = Validakis|first = Vicky|date = 2013-11-14|accessdate = 2014-09-10}}
Membership
The Association had two full members (BHP and ERA), and 29 participating and associate members. Associates comprised all of Australia's uranium mining and export firms plus a number of explorers and project developers working to take the next set of uranium mines into production.
Nuclear industrial advocacy
The Association supported increased exports of Australian uranium for power generation purposes, arguing that nuclear power produces virtually no greenhouse gas emissions, is a cheap alternative to coal and oil-based energy production{{cite news |title=World Nuclear Capacity Growth Accelerated Last Year, Group Says |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=abNPF_tjTIJM&refer=india |accessdate=2008-01-29 |date=17 January 2008 |publisher=Bloomberg News}} and that if Australia becomes a major player in uranium exports it would be in a position to ensure adherence to international nuclear safety standards and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.{{cite web|title=Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties: Transfer of Nuclear Material to China |publisher=Australian Uranium Association |date=October 2005 |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/JSCT/8august2006/subs2/sub34.pdf |accessdate=2008-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605041647/http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/JSCT/8august2006/subs2/sub34.pdf |archive-date=5 June 2011}} The Association maintained that Australia has sufficient uranium to cater for one third of worldwide demand, and viewed restrictions on new mines as an issue affecting the nation's international competitiveness.{{cite web| title =Australian Uranium Association forecasts 50% increase in nuke power uranium consumption | publisher =Mineweb Holdings Limited |date=March 2008 | url =http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page38?oid=49214&sn=Detail | accessdate =2009-02-01 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116143532/http://aua.org.au/ Australian Uranium Association]
- [http://www.world-nuclear.org/ World Nuclear Association]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110226110142/http://www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/oz/alliance/ Australian Nuclear Free Alliance]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100420055808/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2005/20050822_nuclear/nuclear-chronology.htm Chronology -- Australia's nuclear political history]
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Category:Uranium mining in Australia
Category:Nuclear energy in Australia
Category:Mining organisations in Australia