Directors of firm responsible for clean-up at Kakadu uranium site will resign amid fight with Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto, which owns 86% of ERA, has pledged to rehabilitate the now tapped-out Ranger mine. Photograph: Reuters

The directors of the company that owns the Jabiluka and Ranger uranium deposits at Kakadu, Energy Resources Australia, who aren’t affiliated with majority shareholder Rio Tinto say they will resign amid a fight over whether there should be mining at the site.

It came after Rio Tinto dramatically escalated its war with minority shareholders in ERA on Monday by calling on the company’s chair, Peter Mansell, to resign.