Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee - Questions taken on Notice about By ASNO May 2012
Topic: Uranium Mining in Africa
Question on Notice
Senator Ludlam
Question
(A) Can you provide an attendance list of the African Mining Vision workshop?
(B) Was the Australian company Mantra Resources in attendance?
(C) I raise them specifically because the company is proposing to modify the World Heritage boundaries of the Selous game reserve in Tanzania in order to facilitate
uranium mining - Did the department provide any advice on this issue and does Australia support the proposed changes?
Answer
(A) We are unaware of any African Mining Vision workshops relating to uranium. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted a seminar (Seminar on
Good Practices in the Processing and Control of Uranium Ore Concentrate) in Windhoek, Namibia 23-27 April 2012. A list of participants is provided at Annex
A (attached).
(8) The firm Mantra Tanzania was represented at the IAEA seminar. We are not aware of its relationship with any Australian entities. We understand Mantra
Resources Limited was acquired by and merged with Russian company JSC Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) and was subsequently delisted from the Australian
Stock Exchange on 15 June 2011. (C) The issue of modifying the boundary of the Selous game reserve in Tanzania was on the agenda of the World Heritage Committee Meeting (24 June - 6 July 2012). As Australia is not a member of the Committee, we are not involved in the decision-making process on this issue.
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
Budget Estimates 2012-2013; 30-31 May 2012
Annex A: List of participants at the IAEA Seminar on Good Practices in the Pracessing and
Contral of Uranium Ore Concentrate (Windhoek) 2012
Mr. Farid BENAOUICHA
Algeria
COMENA Draria Nuclear Reserach Center
Mr. Russell BRADFORD
Australia
Uranium One
Mr. John KALISH
Australia
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mr. John MUDIWA
Botswana
Radiation Protection Inspectorate
Mr. Dikgang PITINYANE
Botswana
Department of Mines
Mr. Paulo Renato BARBOZA MARINHO
Brazil
Brazili'an Nuclear Energy Commission
Mr. lulz Filipe da SilVA
Brazil
Industrias Nucleares do Brasil
Mr. leonardo SOUZA DUNLEY
Brazil
Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission
Mr. Dave COCHRANE
Canada
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Mr. Yvon Simplice KONDJI
Central African Republic
Universite de Bangui
Mr. Hussein Hassan HUSSEIN MOSlEH
Egypt
African Union Commission
Mr. Atnatiwos Zeleke MESHESHA
Ethiopia
Ms. Einas MOHAMMED
Ethiopia
African Union Commission
Mr. louis-Victor BRll
France
European Commission
Mr. Eddie MAIER
France
European Commission
Mr. Sylvain SAINT-PIERRE
France
World Nuclear Association
Ms. Paule Christiane GONDI-M'BOUAlA
Gabon
Ministere des Mines, du Petrole et des
Hydrocarbures
Mr. lounut SUSEANU
Hungary
International Atomic Energy Agency
Ms. Natalya BOKOVAYA
Kazakhstan
NAC Kazatomprom
Mr. Kaldybek DONBAYEV
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee
Ms. Natalya IZMAllOVA
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee
Ms. Caroline Phoebe THEKA
Malawi
Environmental Affairs Department
Mr. Cheikh Yacoub OUlD TOMY
Mauritania
National Authority for Radioprotection,
Nuclear Safety and Security (ARSN)
Mr. Werner DUVENHAGE
Namibia
Paladin Energy
Mr. Joseph ElMAN
Namibia
National Radiation Protection Authority
Namibia
Minister, Ministry of Health & Social Services
Hon. Samuel NUUYOMA
Namibia
Regional Governor
Mr. Wotan SWIEGERS
Namibia
Uranium Institute
Mr. Axel TIBINYANE
Namibia
National Radiation Protection Authority
Dr. Gunhild VON OERTZEN
Namibia
Rossing Uranium Limited
Mr. Detlof VON OERTZEN
Namibia
Rossing Uranium Limited
Mr. Abdulaye HAMIDOU
Niger
SOMA'fR/AREVA
Mr. Salissou HASSANE
Niger
Ministry of Mines and Industrial Development
Mr. Shams ELEGBA
Nigeria
Department of Physics, University of Abuja
Mr. Bature Chafe UMAR
Nigeria
Nigerian Geological Survey Agency
Mr. Sadiq Dantala UMAR
Nigeria
Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority
Mr. Silas YAKUBU
Nigeria
Nigerian Geological Survey Agency
Mr. Elena TINYAKOVA
Russia
Interpreter
Mr. Piet BREDELL
South Africa
Piet Bredell Nuclear Consultants CC
Ms. Amelia BROODRYK
South Africa
Institute of Security Studies
Mr. Michael CLARKE
South Africa
International Atomic Energy Agency
Mr. Johannes MAHLANGU
South Africa
Department of Energy
Mr. Thabo TSELANE
South Africa
National Nuclear Regulator
Mr. Neville WHITING
South Africa
International Atomic Energy Agency
Mr. Mwaipopo ASA
Tanzania
. Mantra Tanzania
Mr. Raphael CHIBUNDA
Tanzania
Ministry of Communication, Science and
Technology
Mr. Nyelo GODWIN
Tanzania
Uranex Tanzania
Mr. Edwin Almandus NGONYANI
Tanzania
Ministry of Energy and Minerals
Mr. Mwijarubi Melkizedeck NYARUBA
Tanzania
Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission
Mr. Ally SAMAJE
Tanzania
Ministry of Energy and Minerals
Mr. Trevor DIXON
United Kingdom
World Nuclear Transport Institute
Mr. Christopher BEHAN
United States
Department of Energy/National Nuclear
Security Administration
