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A haul truck transports uranium ore out of Energy Resource Australia's ...
Nov 15th, 2011
(Reuters) - A haul truck transports uranium ore out of Energy Resource Australia's Ranger uranium mine in Australia's Northern Territory in this undated handout file photo. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is pushing to overturn a ban on sales of uranium to India, removing a diplomatic thorn between the two countries and potentially opening up a new and growing market for Australian suppliers. Australia has refused to sell nuclear material to India because it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), but Gillard's ruling Labor party will debate lifting the ban at its conference in December 2012. REUTERS/Rio Tinto/David Hancock/Handout/Files (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS COMMODITIES POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS -
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