Noiʻi ma nā ʻoihana Mining a me ke kūkulu ʻana ma Australia

Ua lōʻihi ka hana ʻeli ʻana i kahi kihi o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ʻAukekulelia. ʻO ʻAukekulelia ka mea hana nui loa o ka lithium ma ka honua a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hana ʻelima kiʻekiʻe o ke gula, ka hao hao, ke kēpau, ka zinc, a me ka nickel. Loaʻa iā ia ka uranium nui loa o ka honua a me ka hā o nā kumuwaiwai lanahu ʻeleʻele nui loa. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāina ʻeli ʻehā nui loa ma ka honua (ma hope o Kina, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me Rusia), e loaʻa mau ana iā ʻAukekulelia ke koi no nā lako hana ʻeli ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe, e hōʻike ana i nā manawa kūpono no nā mea hoʻolako US.

Aia ma mua o 350 mau kahua eli e hana ana ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, kahi o hoʻokahi hapakolu ma Western Australia (WA), hoʻokahi hapahā ma Queensland (QLD) a hoʻokahi hapakolu ma New South Wales (NSW), e lilo ana lākou i ʻekolu mau mokuʻāina eli nui. Ma ka nui, ʻo nā waiwai mineral ʻelua koʻikoʻi o Australia he hao hao (29 mau mines) - kahi i eli ʻia ai he 97% ma WA - a me ka lanahu (ʻoi aku ma mua o 90 mau mines), kahi i eli nui ʻia ma ke kahakai hikina, ma nā mokuʻāina ʻo QLD a me NSW.