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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Cost to rehabilitate Kakadu uranium mine site could blow out by $1.2bn

ERA's Ranger uranium mine, inside Kakadu national park in the Northern Territory.
ERA's Ranger uranium mine, inside Kakadu national park in the Northern Territory. Photograph: Helen Davidson/The Guardian

The cost of rehabilitating a decommissioned uranium mine in Kakadu national park could blow out by $1.2bn, in what is becoming the single largest repair exercise in the history of Australian mining.

Former uranium miner Energy Resources of Australia shut down the mine last January and since then has been racing against the clock to complete the work before the 2026 deadline.

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