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Australian Bauxite makes “Better than the original” promise for bauxite mining
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Any areas mined for bauxite around Taralga and Crookwell will be returned to a “better than the original”condition.
This commitment was given at last Upper Lachlan Council meeting by Mr. Ian Levy, CEO of Australian Bauxite Limited, which is currently drilling over a wide area between Crookwell and Taralga.
Mr. Levy also stated that if bauxite mining goes ahead here it will affect less than 0.5 per cent of land area and less than 1 per cent of cleared farmland.
Rehabilitation of mined areas was a core factor in the company’s operations, he said.
The bauxite was located generally near the surface of dry, rocky land areas, and the quarries created would be smaller than existing gravel quarries, Mr. Levy said.
The biggest problem facing the development of bauxite mining in the area was transport, Mr. Levy said.
“How to get it to the rail at Goulburn with the least amount of inconvenience and dust problem for residents is the main problem,” he said.
The preference was to run a slurry pipeline alongside roads to Goulburn railway, where it would be de-watered and trucked to Port Port Kembla.
There would, however, be some effect on the water used.
Mr. Levy said it was anticipated that the mining operation would provide employment for 40 to 50 people drawn from the local area, and could also be of great importance to the continued use of Port Kembla loading facilities.
“We would support the local community, but we need a quid pro quo from the community,” he said.
“The key to the whole operation is landholder co-operation.”
In answer to a question from Cr. Malcolm Barlow, Mr. Levy said that if a landowner did not want mining on his property “we will not go there.”
To Cr. Mike Coley, Mr. Levy said that the presence of mining usually led to a big improvement in the standard of the roads used.
Mr. Levy said the company had about $2.5 million “in the bank” at the present time, which Cr. Brian McCormack suggested was a very small amount for the size of the prokect.
This commitment was given at last Upper Lachlan Council meeting by Mr. Ian Levy, CEO of Australian Bauxite Limited, which is currently drilling over a wide area between Crookwell and Taralga.
Mr. Levy also stated that if bauxite mining goes ahead here it will affect less than 0.5 per cent of land area and less than 1 per cent of cleared farmland.
Rehabilitation of mined areas was a core factor in the company’s operations, he said.
The bauxite was located generally near the surface of dry, rocky land areas, and the quarries created would be smaller than existing gravel quarries, Mr. Levy said.
The biggest problem facing the development of bauxite mining in the area was transport, Mr. Levy said.
“How to get it to the rail at Goulburn with the least amount of inconvenience and dust problem for residents is the main problem,” he said.
The preference was to run a slurry pipeline alongside roads to Goulburn railway, where it would be de-watered and trucked to Port Port Kembla.
There would, however, be some effect on the water used.
Mr. Levy said it was anticipated that the mining operation would provide employment for 40 to 50 people drawn from the local area, and could also be of great importance to the continued use of Port Kembla loading facilities.
“We would support the local community, but we need a quid pro quo from the community,” he said.
“The key to the whole operation is landholder co-operation.”
In answer to a question from Cr. Malcolm Barlow, Mr. Levy said that if a landowner did not want mining on his property “we will not go there.”
To Cr. Mike Coley, Mr. Levy said that the presence of mining usually led to a big improvement in the standard of the roads used.
Mr. Levy said the company had about $2.5 million “in the bank” at the present time, which Cr. Brian McCormack suggested was a very small amount for the size of the prokect.
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