Uranium Waste Site Provokes Anger

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Concord, Mass.-based Starmet Corp. is being criticized by local environmenal groups and government officials for its failure to clean up a radioactive waste site. The site owned by Starmet, which makes munitions for the government, may be declared a Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Author: Orey, Michael
Publisher: Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Europe)
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2001
Government regulation, Hazardous Material Regulation, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Water Supply, All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, Uranium-Radium-Vanadium Ore Mining, Ordnance & Accessories, Defense industries, Uranium Concentrates NEC, Management, Europe, Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental aspects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous substances, Industry regulations, Uranium, Weapons industry, Mineral concentrates, Superfund, Starmet Corp., NUCM

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Uranium becomes the new hot commodity

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The processed uranium industry is growing as BHP Billiton PLC has put a bid in for WMC Resources Ltd. in Australia. With ever soaring oil prices and concerns over greenhouse gas emissions the United States is considering building more nuclear power plants and Asia is looking for energy alternatives.

Author: Barta, Patrick
Publisher: Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Europe)
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
Australia, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Primary nonferrous metals, not elsewhere classified, Asia, Industry Overview, Economic aspects, Industry forecasts

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Water-and-sewerage concern reduces annual pretax loss

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AWG PLC posted a 42.4 million pounds (59.1 million euros) pretax loss for the year ending March 31, 2003. The company posted a 53.5 million pounds loss for the previous year.

Publisher: Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Europe)
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2003
United Kingdom, Sales, profits & dividends, Water Utilities, Finance, Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, AWG PLC

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