BHP to offload Australian uranium project

Mining giant BHP Billiton has signed an agreement to sell its Yeelirrie uranium deposit in Western Australia.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has signed an agreement to sell its Yeelirrie uranium deposit in Western Australia.

Yeelrrie, located 630km north-east of Perth in the Northern Goldfields region, will be sold to uranium titan Cameco Corporation for $430m.

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