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Australian Ilmenite Resources' Roper River licence expansion rejected by NT water controller

A mining company's application to pump 3,300 megalitres a year from the Roper River has been rejected in-part by the Northern Territory's water controller.

Australian Ilmenite Resources has been allowed to extract 1,649ML a year from the Roper River since 2012 and was seeking to double the size of its licence to allow for expansion plans.

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