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Uranium mining
is presently carried out in about 15 countries around the world, producing a cumulative total of 53663 tonne uranium (tU). The countries where more than 100 tU/year production reported are Kazakhstan (28%), Canada (20%), Australia (16%), Namibia (8%), Russian Federation (7%), Niger (6%), Uzbekistan (5%), United States (3%), Ukraine (2%), China (2%), India (1%), South Africa (1%), Czech Republic (1%), Brazil (1%) and Malawi (<1%). Since 2009 the in-situ leach (ISL) operations of Kazakhstan are produce the largest share world uranium. The largest conventional uranium mines are McArthur river (Canada), Ranger (Australia), Olympic dam (Australia), Krasnokamensk (Russia) and Rossing (Namibia). The largest uranium producers are Cameco
, Rio Tinto
, Areva
, KazAtomProm
and ARMZ-TVEL
. The mining methods employed are conventional underground (UG) and open cast (OC) (54%), in-situ leaching (ISL, 41%) and by-product (5%). Presently about 50 uranium mines / production centers are operational.
Uranium mining
Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. The worldwide production of uranium in 2009 amounted to 50,572 tonnes, of which 27% was mined in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia are the top three producers and together account for 63% of world uranium...
is presently carried out in about 15 countries around the world, producing a cumulative total of 53663 tonne uranium (tU). The countries where more than 100 tU/year production reported are Kazakhstan (28%), Canada (20%), Australia (16%), Namibia (8%), Russian Federation (7%), Niger (6%), Uzbekistan (5%), United States (3%), Ukraine (2%), China (2%), India (1%), South Africa (1%), Czech Republic (1%), Brazil (1%) and Malawi (<1%). Since 2009 the in-situ leach (ISL) operations of Kazakhstan are produce the largest share world uranium. The largest conventional uranium mines are McArthur river (Canada), Ranger (Australia), Olympic dam (Australia), Krasnokamensk (Russia) and Rossing (Namibia). The largest uranium producers are Cameco
Cameco
Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2009, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 16% of world production.-History:...
, Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto Group
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...
, Areva
Areva
AREVA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris. AREVA is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects. It was created on 3 September 2001, by the merger of Framatome , Cogema and...
, KazAtomProm
Kazatomprom
Kazatomprom is a state-owned nuclear holding company in Kazakhstan, which operates in the field of Uranium and nuclear fuel cycle services, production of Beryllium, Tantalum and Niobium, and power production...
and ARMZ-TVEL
TVEL
TVEL is a Russian nuclear fuel cycle company headquartered in Moscow. It belongs to the Atomenergoprom holding company. Chairman of the board of directors is Alexander Lokshin. The acting President is Yuri Olenin.-Activities:...
. The mining methods employed are conventional underground (UG) and open cast (OC) (54%), in-situ leaching (ISL, 41%) and by-product (5%). Presently about 50 uranium mines / production centers are operational.
Working uranium mines
| Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
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| Don Otto | Salta | Globe Uranium Ltd | 1958 | 30 | Presently Shut down | |||
| Cachocira (Cactite) | 1999 | 0.3 | 340 | OC | ||||
| Engenlio (Cactite) | 2006 | OC | ||||||
| Australia Uranium mining in Australia Radioactive ores were first extracted at Radium Hill in 1906, and Mount Painter in South Australia in the 1930s, to recover radium for medical use. Several hundred kilograms of uranium were also produced.... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Olympic Dam Olympic Dam, South Australia Olympic Dam is a mining centre in South Australia located some 550 km NNW of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is the site of an extremely large iron oxide copper gold deposit producing copper, uranium, gold and silver. The site hosts an underground mine as well as an... |
South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... |
BHP Billiton | 1975 | 1988 | 0.05 | 91,100,000 | 4,356 | UG |
| Ranger Ranger Uranium Mine The Ranger uranium mine is surrounded by Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia, 230 km east of Darwin. The orebody was discovered in 1969, and the mine commenced operation in 1980, reaching full production of uranium oxide in 1981... |
Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... |
ERA Energy Resources of Australia Energy Resources of Australia Ltd is a public company based in Australia. It is a subsidiary of the Rio Tinto Group which owns 68.4% of the company. The chairman is David Klingner and chief executive officer is Harry Kenyon-Slaney.... |
1969 | 1981 | 0.2 | 2,000,000 | 5,544 | OC |
| Beverley Beverley Uranium Mine The Beverley Mine is Australia's third uranium mine and Australia's first operating in-situ recovery mine. It is located 35 km from Lake Frome at the northern end of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia and opened in 2001... |
south Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland... , in the northern Flinders Ranges Flinders Ranges Flinders Ranges is the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts approximately north west of Adelaide. The discontinuous ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna... |
Heathgate Resources | 1969 | 1999 | 0.18 | N.A. | 1064 | ISL |
| Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Caetité Caetité Caetité is a Brazilian city located in the state of Bahia, which possesses approximately 47,000 inhabitants and is situated 757 kilometers away from Salvador. Its 2306,38 km². Its economy is based mostly on amethyst mining, uranium, iron and manganese... |
Lagoa Real province, Bahia State | Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil | 1982 | 0.25 | 400 | OC | ||
| Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| McArthur River mine | Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
Cameco Cameco Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2009, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 16% of world production.-History:... |
1988 | 1999 | 20.66 | 212,285 (diluted tonnage) | 8,491 | UG |
| McClean Lake McClean Lake mine The McClean Lake mine is a uranium mine and milling operation located west of Wollaston Lake, about 700 kilometres north of Saskatoon, in the Athabasca Basin region of Saskatchewan, Canada. The McClean ore body was discovered in 1979, followed by the discovery of the JEB ore body in 1982... |
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
AREVA Resources Canada Inc | 1979 | 1999 | 2.4 | 2490 | OC | |
| Rabbit Lake Rabbit Lake mine Rabbit Lake is the second largest uranium milling facility in the western world, and is the longest operating uranium production facility in Saskatchewan. The facility is located approximately 800 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on the northeast edge of the uranium rich Athabasca Basin.... |
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
Cameco Cameco Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2009, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 16% of world production.-History:... |
1968 | 1975 | 0.88 | 311,908 | 2.4 | UG |
| China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
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| Chenxian | Hunan Province | China National Nuclear Corp. | ||||||
| 712 Uranium Mine | Hunan Province | |||||||
| Fuzhou Hangjian | Fujian Province | |||||||
| Tengchong | Yunnan Province | ISL | ||||||
| Yining | Xinjiang Autonomous Region | ISL | ||||||
| Chongyi | Shaanxi Province | |||||||
| Lantian Lantian County Lantian County is a county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.-Transport:*China National Highway 312... |
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| Quinglong field | Liaoning Province | |||||||
| Benxi Benxi Benxi is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province in Northeast China, south-southeast of Shenyang. Its population is 1,709,538 at the 2010 census whom 959,610 in the built up area It was founded as a metallurgical center in 1915... |
Liaoning Province | 0.34 | ||||||
| Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Dolní Rožínka Dolní Rožínka Dolní Rožínka is a village and municipality in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 702 .... |
Diamo | 408 | UG | |||||
| France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
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| Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner Wismut | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Königstein | Königstein, Saxony | Wismut GmbH SDAG Wismut The SAG/SDAG Wismut was a uranium mining company in East Germany producing 230,400 tonnes of uranium between 1947 and 1990. In 1991 it was transformed into the Wismut GmbH owned by the state of Germany which is now responsible for the recultivation of the former mining and milling areas... |
1963 | 1967 | 77 | closed, production from mine water treatment | ||
| India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Jaduguda | UCIL | 1967 | 2300+ (est) | UG | ||||
| Bhatin | UCIL | 1967 | 1230 | UG | ||||
| Narwapahar | UCIL | 1995 | 1050 | UG | ||||
| Turamdih | UCIL | 2002 | 1730 | UG | ||||
| Tummalapalle | Pulivendula Pulivendula Pulivendula, also known as Pulivendla is a town, a mandal and a Municipality in YSR district, Andhra Pradesh, India.-Geography:Pulivendla is located at . It has an average elevation of 272 meters .-Major features:... |
UCIL | 1989 (?) | 1850 | 0.05 | UG | ||
| Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Akashat Akashat Akashat is a small town in the northwest of Al Anbar province of Iraq, with a population of around 5,000. It was built as an industrial village in 1985, attached to the local phosphate quarry and administered by the ministry of industry. The Phosphate Plant in the town employs roughly 50-60... |
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| Malawi Malawi The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Kayelekera | Paladin | 2009 | 0.08 | 1400 | UG? | |||
| Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Rössing Rossing The Rössing Uranium Mine in Namibia is one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world and is located in the Namib Desert near the town of Arandis, which is 70 kilometres from the coastal town of Swakopmund. Namibia’s only deepwater harbour, Walvis Bay, is 30 kilometres south of Swakopmund... |
Namib Desert Namib Desert The Namib Desert is a desert in Namibia and southwest Angola that forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, the largest game reserve in Africa. The name "Namib" is of Nama origin and means "vast place"... |
Rio Tinto Rio Tinto Group The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the... |
1928 | 1976 | 0.03–0.05 | 12,030,000 | 3,711 | OC |
| Langer Heinrich | Namib Desert Namib Desert The Namib Desert is a desert in Namibia and southwest Angola that forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, the largest game reserve in Africa. The name "Namib" is of Nama origin and means "vast place"... |
Paladin Energy Paladin Energy Paladin Energy Ltd., formerly Paladin Resources Limited is Australia's second biggest sole uranium mining company behind Energy Resources of Australia, which is majority owned by mining giant Rio Tinto. It is headquartered in Perth, Australia.... |
early 1970s | 2007 | 0.06–0.07 | OC | ||
| Niger Niger Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Akouta. | Areva/Onarem | 1967 | 1974 | 0.46 | 1778 | UG | ||
| Arlit Arlit Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border with Algeria... (Arlette) |
Areva/Onarem | 1965 | 1971 | 0.3 | 1315 | OC | ||
| Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Stepnoye | Kazatomprom | 1570 | ISL | |||||
| Tsentralnoye Tsentralny Tsentralny , Tsentralnaya , or Tsentralnoye may refer to:*Tsentralny District, name of several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union*Tsentralny Okrug, name of various divisions in Russia... |
Kazatomprom | 1000 | ISL | |||||
| Western mining group | Kazatomprom | 900 | ISL | |||||
| Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan is a city located in Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, Pakistan. Dera Ghazi Khan is one of the most populous cities in Southern Punjab, and it is the largest district in Punjab in terms of area, being approximately in extent.... |
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| Issa Khel / Kubul Kel | Miniawali District | |||||||
| Tumman Leghari | South Punjab | |||||||
| Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Carpaţii Orientali (zona de nord) | Compania Naţională a Uraniului | 70(est) | ||||||
| Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Krasnokamensk Krasnokamensk Krasnokamensk may refer to:*Krasnokamensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, a town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia*Krasnokamensk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, an urban-type settlement in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia... |
Krasnokamensk, Zabaykalsky Krai | ARMZ | 1963 | 1968 | 0.38 | 3431(est) | UG | |
| South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| AngloGold Ltd | 674 | UG | ||||||
| Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Vatutininski and Ingulskyi | VostGOK | 800(est) | UG | |||||
| USA (See Uranium mining in the United States Uranium mining in the United States Uranium mining in the United States is the extraction of uranium-bearing ore from the earth. While uranium is used primarily for nuclear power, uranium mining had its roots in the production of uranium-bearing ore in 1898 with the mining of carnotite-bearing sandstones of the Colorado Plateau in... ) |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Crow Butte Crow Butte Crow Butte is a uranium mining operation located in Nebraska, U.S.A.Crow Butte is a roll-front uranium deposit discovered in 1980. Uranium is recovered using in-situ recovery mining methods.-Reserves:... |
Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River.... |
Cameco Cameco Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2009, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 16% of world production.-History:... |
1980 | 1991 | _ | 363 | ISL | |
| Smith Ranch-Highland Smith Ranch-Highland Smith Ranch and Highland are uranium mining operations located in Wyoming, U.S.A. They are separate permits, operated as a single operation, and have one central processing facility. The Smith Ranch-Highland operation is the largest uranium production facility in the United States.Smith Ranch and... |
near Douglas, Wyoming Douglas, Wyoming Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,288 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Converse County... |
Cameco Cameco Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2009, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 16% of world production.-History:... |
1972/1988* *ISL operations | _ | 590 | ISL | ||
| Vasquez | South Texas South Texas South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of and including San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande River, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico. The population of this region is about 3.7 million. The southern portion of this region is... |
Uranium Resources Inc | 2004 | _ | 360 | ISL | ||
| Alta Mesa | Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... , Brooks County |
Mesteña Uranium | 385* *annual capacity | ISL | ||||
| Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Annual Production (tOre) | Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
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Planned uranium mines
| Canada | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual Production (tOre) | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
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| Cigar Lake Cigar Lake Mine The Cigar Lake Mine is the largest undeveloped high grade uranium deposit in the world, located in the uranium rich Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada.... |
Saskatchewan | Cameco | 1981 | 20.67 | UG | |||
| Midwest Uranium Mine | Saskatchewan | Areva Resources Canada Inc. | 1978 | 4.4 | OC | |||
| Kiggavik Uranium Project | Nunavut | Areva Resources Canada Inc. | 0.41 | UG | ||||
| Millennium Uranium Deposit | Saskatchewan | Cameco | 3.9 | |||||
| Australia | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %tU | Planned Annual Production (tOre | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Honeymoon Uranium Mine Honeymoon Uranium Mine The Honeymoon Mine will be Australia's fourth uranium mine and Australia's second operating in-situ recovery mine. The mine is owned by Uranium One. The uranium deposit belongs to the palaeochannel type.-See also:* Uranium mining in Australia... |
75 km north west of Broken Hill | SXR Uranium One | 2010 | 0.24 | 340 | ISL | ||
| Jabiluka Jabiluka Jabiluka is a uranium deposit and mine development in the Northern Territory of Australia that was to have been built on land belonging to the Mirarr Aboriginal people... |
Northern Territories | ERA | 1971 | 0.43 | 2290 | UG | ||
| Four Mile uranium mine Four Mile uranium mine Four Mile is a proposed uranium mine in Australia. The proposed mine is sited in the far north of the state of South Australia, around north of the state capital, Adelaide and from the existing Beverley uranium mine.... |
South Australia | Heathgate | 0.37 | 1360 | ISL | |||
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual Production (tOre) | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| White Mesa | Southeastern Utah | Uranium Corp | ISL | |||||
| Sweetwater | In south-central Wyoming | SXR Uranium One | ISL | |||||
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual Production (tOre) | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Southern mining group | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
| North Stepnoye group | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
| Central Mynkuduk and South Inkai | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
| Budenovskoye | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
| West Mynkuduk | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
| East Mynkuduk | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
| Akdal | Chu-Sarysu district | Kazatomprom | 0.06 | ISL | ||||
| Inkai Uranium Project Inkai Uranium Project Inkai is a uranium mine located in Kazakhstan. Commercial production commenced in 2009.Inkai is a roll-front uranium deposit discovered in 1976. Uranium will be recovered using In-Situ Recovery mining methods.-Reserves:... |
Chu-Sarysu district | Cameco Cameco Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2009, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 16% of world production.-History:... |
0.06 | ISL | ||||
| South Inkai Project | Chu-Sarysu district | Uranium One Uranium One Uranium One is a Canadian based uranium mining company with operations in Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, South Africa and the United States.-History:... |
0.04 | ISL | ||||
| Budenovskoye | Chu-Sarysu district | Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||
| Munkuduk (Mynkuduk) | Chu-Sarysu district | Kazatomprom | 0.04 | ISL | ||||
| West Mynkuduk | Chu-Sarysu district | Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||
| Zarechnoye | Syr-Darya district | Kazatomprom | 0.11 | |||||
| Korsan | Kyzyl-Orda district | Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||
| Argentina | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual Production (tOre) | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Sierra Pintada | CNEA | UG | ||||||
| Russia | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual Production (tOre) | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Khiagda | Buryatia | TVEL | UG | |||||
| Priargun | Chita region | TVEL | UG | |||||
| India | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual Production (tOre) | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Mohuldih | Jharkhand | UCIL | UG | |||||
| Baghjata | UG | |||||||
| Bandugurang | UG | |||||||
| Lambapur-Peddagattu | UG | |||||||
| Kylleng-Pyndemsohiong-Mawthabah (formerly Domiasiat) | Meghalaya | OC | ||||||
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual Production (tOre) | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Saghand 1 & 2 | Yazd province | |||||||
| Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas Bandar-Abbas or Bandar-e ‘Abbās , also Romanized as Bandar ‘Abbās, Bandar ‘Abbāsī, and Bandar-e ‘Abbās; formerly known as Cambarão and Port Comorão to Portuguese traders, as Gombroon to English traders and as Gamrun or Gumrun to Dutch merchants) is a port city and capital of Hormozgān Province on... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual Production (tOre) | Planned Annual Production (tU) | Type of Mine |
| Cerro Solo Cerro Solo Cerro Solo is a large stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile, west of Ojos del Salado. It consists of nine eruptive centers and is covered in light-colored rhyodacite pyroclastic flow deposits.... |
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| Hataia | 0.08 | 680 | Co-product with phosporic acid | |||||
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Probable Commencement | Grade %U | Probable Annual Production (tOre) | Probable Annual Production (tU) | Probable Type of Mine |
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| Koongarra | Alligator Rivers of the Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... , 30 km south of Ranger Ranger Uranium Mine The Ranger uranium mine is surrounded by Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia, 230 km east of Darwin. The orebody was discovered in 1969, and the mine commenced operation in 1980, reaching full production of uranium oxide in 1981... and 3 km east of Nourlangie Rock |
Denison | 1970 | 0.8 | ||||
| Mount Fitch / Browns Browns polymetallic ore deposit The Browns polymetallic ore deposit is a large ore deposit located at Mount Fitch, near Batchelor, 64 kilometres south of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.... |
Part of the old Rum Jungle workings near Batchelor Batchelor, Northern Territory Batchelor is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. The town is located in the Coomalie Shire Local Government Area, 98 kilometres south of the territory capital, Darwin... , 64 km south of Darwin |
Compass Resources NL | 1965 | 0.05 | ||||
| Angela | 25 km south of Alice Springs | Cameco Cameco Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2009, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 16% of world production.-History:... (operator) |
1973 | 0.13 | ||||
| Bigrlyi | Northern edge of the Ngalia Basin Ngalia Basin The Ngalia Basin is a small intracratonic sedimentary basin in central Australia, lying within the southern Northern Territory. Deposition of locally up to about six km of marine and non-marine sedimentary rocks took place from the Neoproterozoic to the late Paleozoic... in NT |
Energy Metals Ltd | 1982 | 0.14 | ||||
| Mount Gee Mount Gee Mount Gee is located in the northern Flinders Ranges within the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, and is part of the Mount Painter inlier. It was named after a mining warden, Lionel Gee.... |
North Flinders Ranges | Marathon Resources | 0.05 | |||||
| Curnamona | North of Honeymoon Uranium Mine Honeymoon Uranium Mine The Honeymoon Mine will be Australia's fourth uranium mine and Australia's second operating in-situ recovery mine. The mine is owned by Uranium One. The uranium deposit belongs to the palaeochannel type.-See also:* Uranium mining in Australia... –East Kalkaroo |
Curnamona Energy | ||||||
| Crocker Well and Mt Victoria | In the Olary area of SA (Curnamona province) | PepinNini Minerals Ltd | 1951 | 0.05–0.48 | ||||
| Prominent Hill Prominent Hill The Prominent Hill Mine is a major copper, silver and gold mine in north west South Australia, 130 km south-east of Coober Pedy, which has been developed by Oxiana Limited, later to become OZ Minerals... |
150 km NW of Olympic Dam Olympic Dam, South Australia Olympic Dam is a mining centre in South Australia located some 550 km NNW of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is the site of an extremely large iron oxide copper gold deposit producing copper, uranium, gold and silver. The site hosts an underground mine as well as an... |
Oxiana Ltd | 2001 | 103 ppm | ||||
| Kintyre Kintyre uranium deposit The Kintyre uranium project is located 60 km south of the Telfer gold mine and 260 km northeast of Newman at the western edge of the Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia.-History:... |
Rudall region of Western Australia | Cameco | 1985 | |||||
| Yeelirrie | Between Wiluna and Leinster, WA, about 500 km north of Kalgoorlie | BHP Billiton | 1972 | 0.15 | ||||
| Mulga Rock | 250 km north east of Kalgoorlie | Eaglefield Holdings | 1979 | 0.13 | ||||
| Manyingee | In the northern part of the Carnarvon Basin Carnarvon Basin The Carnarvon Basin is a geological basin located in the north west of Western Australia. This is the main geological feature that makes up the North West Shelf... , 85 km south of Onslow Onslow, Western Australia Onslow is a coastal town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, north of Perth. It currently has a population of around 573 people and is in the Shire of Ashburton Local Government Area.... in Western Australia |
Paladin Energy | 1974 | 0.12 | ||||
| Oobagooma | 75 km northeast of Derby Derby Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407... in Western Australia |
Paladin Energy | 0.15 | |||||
| Lake Way and Centipede | Close to Wiluna Wiluna, Western Australia Wiluna is a complex town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is situated on the edge of the Western Desert at the gateway to the Canning Stock Route and Gunbarrel Highway. It is the service centre of the local area for the local Aboriginal people, the pastoral industry, mining, and... , 750 km north east of Perth |
Nova Energy | 1972 | 0.1 | ||||
| Lake Maitland Lake Maitland Lake Maitland is a dry lake approximately 100 km south east of Wiluna, in the Mid West region of Western Australia.The lake is the site of one of the most advanced uranium mining projects in Western Australia, the Lake Maitland project, which is pursued by Canadian company Mega Uranium and... |
At Lake Maitland Lake Maitland Lake Maitland is a dry lake approximately 100 km south east of Wiluna, in the Mid West region of Western Australia.The lake is the site of one of the most advanced uranium mining projects in Western Australia, the Lake Maitland project, which is pursued by Canadian company Mega Uranium and... , 100 km SE of Wiluna |
Mega Uranium | 0.03 | |||||
| Valhalla Valhalla In Norse mythology, Valhalla is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Chosen by Odin, half of those that die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death, led by valkyries, while the other half go to the goddess Freyja's field Fólkvangr... |
40 km north of Mount Isa | Summit | 1954 | 0.14 | ||||
| Westmoreland uranium mine | About 400 km north of Mount Isa, Westmoreland Westmoreland Westmoreland is a historic county in England. It may also refer to:-Places:Australia*Westmoreland County, New South WalesCanada*Westmorland County, New BrunswickJamaica*Westmoreland, Jamaica, a parishNew Zealand... |
Laramide Resources | 1956 | 0.04 – 0.2 | ||||
| Ben Lomond Ben Lomond Ben Lomond , , is a distinctive mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, it is the most southerly of the Munros... |
50 km west of Townsville | Mega Uranium | 1975 | 0.25 | ||||
| Maureen Maureen Maureen is a female given name, . Anglicized form of Máirín, a pet form of Máire, which is the Irish cognate of Mary. It is a variant of Mary, and may be a feminine form of Maurice, also Mauicel, Mauricel, Maricel, Maui along with Maurissa and Maurisa.... |
Near Georgetown in north Queensland | Mega Uranium | 0.12 | |||||
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| Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Probable Commencement | Grade %U | Probable Annual Production (tOre) | Probable Annual Production (tU) | Probable Type of Mine |
| Mons Basin Phospates | Unconventional reserve of 40,000 t U | |||||||
| Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Probable Commencement | Grade %tU | Probable Annual Production (tOre) | Probable Annual Production (tU) | Probable Type of Mine |
| Itataia project (Ceará) | Santa Quitena,CEARA | Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil | 0.085 | 67,246 tonnes U in phosphate | ||||
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| Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Probable Commencement | Grade %U | Probable Annual Production (tOre) | Probable Annual Production (tU) | Probable Type of Mine |
| Shanawah | Karak, NWFP | PAEC | 0.04 | |||||
| Wahi Pandi | Sehwan | |||||||
| Karunuk | Sehwan | |||||||
| Rehman Dhora (Aamri) | Kirthar Range, Sindh | |||||||
| Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Probable Commencement | Grade %tU | Probable Annual Production (tOre) | Probable Annual Production (tU) | Probable Type of Mine |
| Andrew Lake Andrew Lake Andrew Lake is a lake on Adak Island, part of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is a part of the Adak Naval Air Station and lies between Mount Adagdak and Mount Moffett. The lake is separated from the Bering Sea by a seawall.... |
Northwest Territories | AREVA NC | ||||||
| Baker Lake / Kiggavik | Northwest Territories | AREVA Resources Canada Inc. | 0.2 | |||||
| Sissons Schultz | Northwest Territories | AREVA Resources Canada Inc. | 0.25 | |||||
| Mountain Lake | Northwest Territories | Triex Minerals | 0.2 | |||||
| Mazenod Lake | Northwest Territories | Moss Resources | ||||||
| Boomerang Lake | Northwest Territories | Cameco | ||||||
| PEC Uranium Deposit | Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Boulder Train Property | Northwest Territories | |||||||
| Coppermine River Coppermine River The Coppermine River is a river in the North Slave and Kitikmeot regions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada. It is long. It rises in Lac de Gras, a small lake near Great Slave Lake and flows generally north to Coronation Gulf, an arm of the Arctic Ocean... |
Northwest Territories | Unor Inc | ||||||
| Asiak River Property | Northwest Territories | Unor Inc | ||||||
| Blizzard deposit | British Columbia | Santoy Resources Ltd. | 0.21 | |||||
| Foghorn deposit | British Columbia | International Ranger Corp. | 0.08 | |||||
| Ballistic claims | British Columbia | International Montoro Resources Inc | 0.04 | |||||
| RAE Property | Alberta | Red Dragon Resources Corp | ||||||
| Shea Creek Property | AREVA Resources Canada Inc. | |||||||
| Douglas, Erica, Alexandra, Laurie, Mirror River, Nikita and Uchrich Properties | COGEMA | |||||||
| Riou Lake Property | Rio Grande Mines Corp | |||||||
| Riou Lake Property/2 | UEX Corp. | |||||||
| Black Lake Property | JNR Resources | |||||||
| Black Lake Property/2 | UEX Corp. | |||||||
| Serendipity Lakes Property | UEX Corp. | |||||||
| Hidden Bay Property | UEX Corp. | 1.17 | ||||||
| Cyprian Lake Property | JNR Resources | |||||||
| Perch River - Newnham Lake Property | JNR Resources | |||||||
| Kernaghan Lake Property | Cameco | |||||||
| Virgin River Property | UEM Inc. | |||||||
| Compass Lake Property | Coronation Mines Ltd. | |||||||
| Hocking Lake Property | Uranium Holdings Corporation | |||||||
| Henday Lake Property | Uranium Holdings Corporation | |||||||
| Hump Lake Property | ||||||||
| Crawford, Perpete, Brown, Jasper, Morin Lake, Marean Properties | CanWest Petroleum Corp | |||||||
| Crawford Lake property | ||||||||
| Yalowega Lake | 2.5 | |||||||
| Russell Lake property | ||||||||
| Moore Lake property | International Uranium Corp. | |||||||
| Lazy Edward Bay Property | International Uranium Corp | |||||||
| Maurice Bay | Cameco | 0.51 | ||||||
| Duddridge Lake Property | Strathmore Minerals Corp. | 0.09 | ||||||
| Dieter Lake | Quebec | Strathmore Resources | ||||||
| Mont Laurier property | Nova Uranium Corp | |||||||
| Otish Mountain Property | Xemplar Energy Corp | 0.6 | ||||||
| Rocky Brook Property | Newfoundland | |||||||
| Michelin Deposit | Labrador | Aurora Energy Resources Inc | ||||||
| Jacques Lake Deposit | Labrador | Aurora Energy Resources Inc | ||||||
| Post Hill Deposit | Labrador | Aurora Energy Resources Inc. | ||||||
| Roughrider Deposit | Saskatchewan | Hathor Exploration Hathor Exploration Hathor Exploration Limited is a junior uranium exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with an exploration office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada... Limited |
2008 | UG | ||||
| Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Probable Commencement | Grade %U | Probable Annual Production (tOre) | Probable Annual Production (tU) | Probable Type of Mine |
| Irkol project | Syr-Darya district | |||||||
| China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Probable Commencement | Grade %U3O8 | Probable Annual Production (tOre) | Probable Annual Production (tU) | Probable Type of Mine |
| Yili Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture , in northernmost Xinjiang, is the only Kazakh autonomous prefecture of the People's Republic of China.-Geography and coordinates:The following figures excludes both Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefecture.... |
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| Shihongtan | Xinjiang Autonomous Region | |||||||
| Zaohuohao | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | |||||||
| Chanziping | Guangxi Autonomous Region | |||||||
| Xiangshan field | Jiangxi Province | |||||||
| Xiazhuang field | Guangdong Province | |||||||
| Algeria Algeria Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab... |
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| Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Probable Commencement | Grade %U | Probable Annual Production (tOre) | Probable Annual Production (tU) | Probable Type of Mine |
| Los Berthos | 1954 | |||||||
| Los Adobes | Patagonia | |||||||
| Dr Baulier | 1968 | |||||||
| Cerro Condor Cerro Cóndor Cerro Cóndor is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.... |
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| Laguna Colorado Laguna Colorado Laguna Colorado is a lake in the Beni Department, Bolivia. Its surface area is 15.93 km².... |
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| Amorinopolis Amorinópolis Amorinópolis is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:The distance to the regional center of is 19 km.... |
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| Alcantil Alcantil Alcantil is a town and municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.-References:... |
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Closed uranium mines
| Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of... |
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| Žirovski Vrh | Slovenia, Upper Carniola | N.E.K. | 1960 | 1984 | 0.07 | 452 tU | 1994 | |
| Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine |
| Jáchymov Jáchymov For other places called Joachimsthal, see Joachimsthal Jáchymov . compl: "Sant Joachim's Sthal" is a spa town in north-west Bohemia in the Czech Republic belonging to the Karlovy Vary Region. It is situated at an altitude of 733 m above sea level in the eponymous St... |
North-west Bohemia in Karlovy Vary Region, in the eponymous St. Joachim's valley in the Ore Mountains on the Weseritz | Czech Government, 1949-1961 Complex of prison camps | 1512-Silver, 18th century-Uranium Oxide, 1898-Radium | ~10,000 | 1964 | UG | ||
| Příbram Príbram Příbram is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 35,147. The city is located on the Litavka river and the foothills of Brdy, 60 kilometers south-west of Prague, the country's capital... |
Central Bohemia, 60 km SW Prague | Czech Government, 1949-1991 | 1311-Silver, later Lead, Zinc; 1949 Uranium | 1949 | 1950-1991: Uranium 41746, Lead 6196, Zinc 2417, Silver 11 | 1991 | UG | |
| Zálesí (Javorník) Zálesí (Javorník) Zálesí or Valdek is a small village located in Rychlebské Hory in the Olomouc Region in northeastern part of the Czech Republic. In the past, the village administered the no-longer existing settlement Waldoro and today is a part of the town of Javorník... |
Rychlebské Hory in the Olomouc Region Olomouc Region Olomouc Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia and in a small part of the historical region of Silesia . It is named for its capital Olomouc.-External links:* *... |
1957 | 1959 | 405 | 1968 | UG | ||
| Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine |
| Key Lake Key Lake -See also:* Unconformity uranium deposits* Uranium mining* List of uranium mines... , Gaertner and Deilmann pits |
570 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Cameco | OC | |||||
| Cluff Lake Cluff Lake mine Cluff Lake mine, located about from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at the northern terminus of Saskatchewan Highway 955, is owned and operated by AREVA Resources Canada, formerly COGEMA Resources. The mine ceased uranium production at the end of 2002 when the ore reserves were depleted... |
700 km from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | COGEMA | 9979 | 2002 | UG, OC | |||
| Rayrock Mine Rayrock Mine The Rayrock Mine was a uranium producing venture in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on the south side of Maryleer Lake and the north shore of Fault Lake, 169 kilometers northwest of Yellowknife and 74 kilometres northwest of Rae. Radioactive deposits were originally staked in 1948... |
Northwest Territories | Rayrock Mines Limited | 1948 | 1955 | 1959 | UG | ||
| Agnew Lake, Hyman | Ontario | Ursa Major Minerals Inc. | 0.03 | |||||
| Eldorado Mine Eldorado Mine Eldorado Mine is located at Port Radium, Northwest Territories, Canada.It is also known as Port Radium, a name adopted for use at this specific site after 1942... |
Port Radium, Northwest Territories Port Radium, Northwest Territories Port Radium is a mining area on the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. It included the settlement of Cameron Bay and the Eldorado Mine and Echo Bay Mine. The name Port Radium did not come into use until 1936 and at the time it was in reference to the region as a whole... |
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| Beaverlodge | Saskatchewan | Cameco | ||||||
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| Pronto Mine Pronto Mine The Pronto Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately 20 km south of Elliot Lake, Ontario near Spragge. The site is owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd, has been rehabilitated and is currently undergoing environmental monitoring.... |
Spragge, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 2.3 million | UG | ||||
| Quirke Mine Quirke Mine The Quirke Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 13.5 km north of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 44 million | UG | ||||
| Denison Mine Denison Mine The Denison Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 12.5 km north of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned by Denison Mines Ltd.. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services.The site was the... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 69 million | UG | ||||
| Panel Mine Panel Mine The Panel Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 14.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 15 million | UG | ||||
| Can-Met Mine Can-Met Mine The Can-Met Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 12.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned by Denison Mines Ltd.. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services.The site was... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 2.6 million | |||||
| Stanrock Mine Stanrock Mine The Stanrock Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately 11.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned by Denison Mines. The site has been decommissioned and rehabilited with ongoing monitoring by Denison Environmental Services.... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 6.4 million | UG | ||||
| Stanleigh Mine Stanleigh Mine The Stanleigh Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 3 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated and is currently undergoing environmental monitoring.... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 14 million | |||||
| Buckles Mine Buckles Mine The Buckles Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately 4.5 km southeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | UG | ||||||
| Spanish American Mine Spanish American Mine The Spanish American Mine is an historical uranium mine located approximately northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd. The site is southeast of the Denison Mine.... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | UG | |||||
| Milliken Mine Milliken Mine The Milliken Mine is an abandoned uranium mine located approximately 2.5 km northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, owned and operated by Rio Algom Ltd... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | 6.3 million | UG | |||||
| Lacnor Mine Lacnor Mine The Lacnor Mine, is an abandoned uranium mine in the Elliot Lake area of Ontario, owned by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services.... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 3.4 million | UG | ||||
| Nordic Mine Nordic Mine The Nordic Mine, is an abandoned uranium mine in the Elliot Lake area of Ontario, owned by Rio Algom Ltd. The site has been rehabilitated and its tailings facility is currently undergoing environmental monitoring by Denison Environmental Services.... |
Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 13 million | UG | ||||
| Agnew Lake | ALM-Kerr Addison | UG | ||||||
| Madawaska mine Madawaska mine The Madawaska Mine is an abandoned underground uranium mine near the town of Bancroft, Ontario which produced 9,492,171 pounds of U3O8 during its two periods of production.... |
Bancroft, Ontario | 4,000 | UG | |||||
| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine |
| El Sherana El Sherana El Sherana is a now-abandoned uranium, gold and silver mining base in the South Alligator River valley of the Northern Territory, Australia. The site was discovered in 1954 by a team led by Joe Fischer and was found to be one of the richest uranium lodes in the world. The site was named after the... |
Northern Territory | 1954 | 1954 | |||||
| Rum Jungle | 65 km south of Darwin on the East Finniss River | AAEC/Rio Tinto | 1949 | 1971 | UG | |||
| Gabon Gabon Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine |
| Mounana Mounana Mounana is a town in Gabon with a population of about 8,000 people. It lies on the N3 road and from 1958 until the 1990s was a major uranium mining centre. The mine is now closed; it is now primarily a centre for agriculture.... |
Near the town of Franceville Franceville Franceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former... , in the Haut-Ogooué Haut-Ogooué Haut-Ogooué is one of Gabon's nine provinces. It is named after the Ogooué River. It covers an area of 36,547 km². The provincial capital is Franceville. One of its primary industries is mining, with manganese, gold and uranium being found in the region. The uranium-bearing mineral Francevillite... province |
COGEMA | 1956 | 1960 | 0.37 | 28000 | 1999 | OC/UG |
| Oklo Oklo Oklo is a region near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province of the Central African state of Gabon. Several natural nuclear fission reactors were discovered in the uranium mines in the region in 1972.-History:... |
Near the town of Franceville Franceville Franceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former... , in the Haut-Ogooué Haut-Ogooué Haut-Ogooué is one of Gabon's nine provinces. It is named after the Ogooué River. It covers an area of 36,547 km². The provincial capital is Franceville. One of its primary industries is mining, with manganese, gold and uranium being found in the region. The uranium-bearing mineral Francevillite... province |
COGEMA | 1968 | 1956 | 0.37 | 14000 | 1985 | OC/UG |
| Boyindzi | Near the town of Franceville Franceville Franceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former... , in the Haut-Ogooué Haut-Ogooué Haut-Ogooué is one of Gabon's nine provinces. It is named after the Ogooué River. It covers an area of 36,547 km². The provincial capital is Franceville. One of its primary industries is mining, with manganese, gold and uranium being found in the region. The uranium-bearing mineral Francevillite... province |
COGEMA | 1980 | 0.37 | 1991 | UG | ||
| Mikouloungou | Near the town of Franceville Franceville Franceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former... , in the Haut-Ogooué Haut-Ogooué Haut-Ogooué is one of Gabon's nine provinces. It is named after the Ogooué River. It covers an area of 36,547 km². The provincial capital is Franceville. One of its primary industries is mining, with manganese, gold and uranium being found in the region. The uranium-bearing mineral Francevillite... province (60 km away from Mounana Mounana Mounana is a town in Gabon with a population of about 8,000 people. It lies on the N3 road and from 1958 until the 1990s was a major uranium mining centre. The mine is now closed; it is now primarily a centre for agriculture.... ) |
COGEMA | 1997 | 0.37 | 1999 | OC | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine |
| Shinkolobwe mine | In the Katanga province of the , located near Likasi | Union Minière du Haut Katanga Union Minière du Haut Katanga The Union Minière du Haut Katanga was a Belgian mining company, once operating in Katanga, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo... (UMHK) |
1911 | 1922 | 2004 | UG | ||
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Mining Company | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU) | Year Closed | Type of Mine |
| Johanngeorgenstadt | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut SDAG Wismut The SAG/SDAG Wismut was a uranium mining company in East Germany producing 230,400 tonnes of uranium between 1947 and 1990. In 1991 it was transformed into the Wismut GmbH owned by the state of Germany which is now responsible for the recultivation of the former mining and milling areas... |
Objekt 01 | 1946 | 3585 | 1958 | UG | |
| Oberschlema | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 02 | 1946 | 7,098.9 | 1958 | UG | |
| Schneeberg | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 03 | 1947 | 209.7 | 1956 | UG | |
| Annaberg | central Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 04 | 1947 | 450 | 1958 | UG | |
| Marienberg | central Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 05 | 1947 | 121 | 1955 | UG | |
| Gottesberg | Vogtland Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1948 | 56,4 | 1955 | UG | |
| Schneckenstein | Vogtland Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1948 | 959,2 | 1960 | UG | |
| Zobes | Vogtland Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1949 | 4673,3 | 1964 | UG | |
| Bergen | Vogtland Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1949 | 162,2 | 1957 | UG | |
| Bärenhecke | eastern Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1948 | 1 | 1954 | UG | |
| Niederpöbel | eastern Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 06 | 1948 | 30,3 | 1954 | UG | |
| Niederschlag | central Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 07 | 1947 | 222 | 1954 | UG | |
| Weißer Hirsch - Antonsthal | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 / Schachtkombinat 235 | 1949 | 747,4 | 1959 | UG | |
| Tannenbaum - Antonsthal | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1948 | 90 | 1954 | UG | |
| Mai - Antonsthal | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 / Schachtkombinat 235 | 1949 | 50 | 1959 | UG | |
| Seifenbach | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1947 | 230 | 1955 | UG | |
| Neu-Oberhaus | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1948 | 62 | 1955 | UG | |
| Valerian - Rabenberg | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1949 | 32 | 1955 | UG | |
| Unruhe - Halbmeile | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1950 | 47 | 1955 | UG | |
| Tellerhäuser-Kaffenberg | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1951 | 42 | 1955 | UG | |
| Grünstädtel | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1949 | 12,3 | 1954 | UG | |
| Erla | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1949 | 22 | 1955 | UG | |
| Segen Gottes - Rittersgrün | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1949 | 20.4 | 1954 | UG | |
| Margarethe - Breitenbrunn | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG Wismut | Objekt 08 | 1948 | 7 | 1951 | UG | |
| Niederschlema-Alberoda | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 09 | 1947 | 73,105.0 | 1991 | UG | |
| Pöhla | western Erzgebirge Mts | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 09 | 1957 | 1216.4 | 1991 | UG | |
| "Willi Agatz" Freital (hard coal mine) | Dresden | SAG Wismut / VVB Steinkohle / SDAG Wismut | Steinkohlenwerk Freital / Bergbaubetrieb "W.A." | 1947 (with interruptions) | 3691 | 1989 | UG | |
| Königstein | Elbsandsteingebirge Mts | SDAG Wismut | Bergbaubetrieb Königstein | 1967 | 17810 | 1991 | UG/ISL | |
| Dittrichshütte | southern Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 30 / Objekt 90 | 1950 | 0.032 | 112.62 | 1954 | UG |
| Schleusingen | southern Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 30 | 1950 | 0.01 | 14 | 1954 | UG |
| Steinach | southern Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 41 / Objekt 90 | 1951 | 0.094 | 43.55 | 1954 | OC/UG |
| Sorge-Settendorf | East Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 30 / Objekt 90 | 1950 | 2,292.4* | 1957 | OC | |
| Gauern | East Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1953 | 427.7* | 1957 | OC | |
| Culmitzsch | East Thuringia | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1955 | 9216.6* | 1967 | OC | |
| Wolfersdorf - Gera-Süd (exploration) | East Thuringia | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1963 | 19.4* | 1969 | UG | |
| Ronneburg | East Thuringia | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1952 | 4.66* | 1956 | OC | |
| Stolzenberg | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 | 1956 | 92* | 1960 | OC | |
| Lichtenberg | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 / Bergbaubetrieb Lichtenberg | 1958 | 13,837.64* | 1977 | OC | |
| Reust-Lichtenberg | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 / Bergbaubetrieb Reust | 1951 | 20,495.16* (up to 1987) | 1991 (from 1987 to 1991 Schmirchau-Mine) | UG/ISL/heap leaching | |
| Schmirchau | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SAG / SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 / Bergbaubetrieb Schmirchau | 1951 | 0.101 | 44,769.74* | 1991 | UG/ISL/heap leaching |
| Paitzdorf | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Objekt 90 / Bergbaubetrieb Paitzdorf | 1961 | 0.097 | 22,562.5* | 1991 | UG |
| Beerwalde | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Bergbaubetrieb Beerwalde | 1974 | 0.110 | 7,141.1* | 1991 | UG |
| Drosen | East Thuringia near Ronneburg | SDAG Wismut | Bergbaubetrieb Drosen | 1982 | 0.095 | 2,941.1 | 1991 | UG |
| West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
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| Ellweiler | Near Ellweiler Ellweiler Ellweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany... , Rhineland-Palatinate |
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| Menzenschwand | Near St. Blasien St. Blasien St. Blasien is a town in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the southern Black Forest, 17 km northeast of Waldshut-Tiengen. St. Blaise's Abbey in the Black Forest is located in St. Blasien. The town is twinned with Saint-Blaise in Switzerland. There is also... , Black Forest |
Gewerkschaft Brunhilde | 1961 | 580 | 1991 | UG | ||
| Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
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| Kowary Kowary Kowary is a town in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.It lies approximately south-east of Jelenia Góra, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.-History:... |
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| Radoniów Radoniów Radoniów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubomierz, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.... |
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| Kopaniec Kopaniec Kopaniec may refer to the following places in Poland:*Kopaniec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Kopaniec, West Pomeranian Voivodeship... |
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| Kletno Kletno Kletno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stronie Śląskie, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.... |
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| Rudki Rudki Rudki may refer to:*Rudki, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship *Rudki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship *Rudki, Tomaszów Lubelski County in Lublin Voivodeship... |
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| Radomice Radomice Radomice may refer to the following places in Poland:*Radomice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Radomice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship *Radomice, Greater Poland Voivodeship... |
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| Szklarska Poreba Szklarska Poreba Szklarska Poręba is a town in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The town has a population of around 7,000... |
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| Wojcieszyce Wojcieszyce Wojcieszyce may refer to the following places in Poland:*Wojcieszyce, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Wojcieszyce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship *Wojcieszyce, Lubusz Voivodeship... |
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| Okrzeszyn Okrzeszyn Okrzeszyn may refer to the following places in Poland:*Okrzeszyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Okrzeszyn, Masovian Voivodeship... |
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| Mniszków Mniszków Mniszków may refer to the following places in Poland:*Mniszków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Mniszków, Łódź Voivodeship... |
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| Miedzianka Miedzianka Miedzianka may refer to the following places in Poland:*Miedzianka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Miedzianka, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship... |
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| Radzimowice Radzimowice Radzimowice may refer to the following places in Poland:*Radzimowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship*Radzimowice, Masovian Voivodeship... |
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| Rochowice Rochowice Rochowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Borów, within Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.... |
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| Grzmiaca Grzmiaca Grzmiąca may refer to the following places in Poland:*Grzmiąca, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Grzmiąca, Pomeranian Voivodeship *Grzmiąca, Łódź Voivodeship... |
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| Redziny Redziny Rędziny may refer to the following places in Poland:*Rędziny, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Rędziny, Łódź Voivodeship *Rędziny, Częstochowa County in Silesian Voivodeship... |
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| Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
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| Mine | Location | Main Owner | Year Discovered | Year Commenced | Grade %U | Total Production (tU | Year Closed | Type of Mine |
| Sierra Pintada/San Rafael mine | Mendoza province | Complejo Minero Fabril San Rafael | 0.19 | 1995 | 2440 t U resources | |||
| Huemul Huemul Island Huemul Island is an island located in the Nahuel Huapi Lake, off the shore of San Carlos de Bariloche, a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, at . It derives its name from the Mapuche chief Güemul, whose tribe inhabited the area... |
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| Los Colorados | La Rioja Province | 1993 | 1995 | |||||
| San Rafael San Rafael, Mendoza San Rafael is a city in the southern region of the Mendoza Province, Argentina. With more than 170,000 inhabitants , it is the largest city and the seat of San Rafael Department.... |
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| Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
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| Ranstadverket | South of Billingen Billingen Billingen is the largest of the thirteen mesas in the Swedish county of Västra Götaland, with a maximum altitude of . The mesa extends in a north-southerly direct with a length of and a width of .... , between Skövde Skövde Skövde is a locality and the seat of Skövde Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 34 446 inhabitants .Skövde is situated some 150 km northeast of Gothenburg, between Sweden's two largest lakes, Vänern and Vättern. It sits on the eastern slope of a low mountain ridge Billingen ,... and Falköping Falköping Falköping is a locality and the seat of Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 15,821 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Falköping most likely emerged during the 15th century but earlier the town was an important site of pilgrimage due to its 12th century church... |
1965 | 120 t U | 1969 | OC | |||
| Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
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| Butugichag Butugichag Butugichag Corrective Labor Camp was a part of the bigger Tenlag, a subdivision of GULAG. The camp existed during 1945-1955 in the Kolyma region of North-Eastern Russia . The camp is mostly known for its deadly uranium mines It is mentioned by some Russian historians such as Jores and Roy Medvedevs... |
Kolyma Kolyma The Kolyma region is located in the far north-eastern area of Russia in what is commonly known as Siberia but is actually part of the Russian Far East. It is bounded by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean in the north and the Sea of Okhotsk to the south... , Magadan Oblast, near town of Ust-Omchug Ust-Omchug Ust-Omchug is an urban locality and the administrative center of Tenkinsky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia, located at the mark of the highway to the northwest of Magadan... (~50 km, or 30 mi) |
State-owned, Dalstroy Dalstroy Dalstroy , also known as Far North Construction Trust, was an organization set up in 1931 by the Soviet NKVD in order to manage road construction and the mining of gold in the Chukotka region of the Russian Far East, now known as Kolyma. Initially it was established as State Trust for Road and... |
1940s | 1945 | ? | 1955 | OC | |
See also
- List of countries by uranium reserves
- Uranium marketUranium marketThe uranium market, like all commodity markets, has a history of volatility, moving not only with the standard forces of supply and demand, but also to whims of geopolitics. It has also evolved particularities of its own in response to the unique nature and use of this material.The only significant...
- Uranium ore deposits
- MiningMiningMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
- UraniumUraniumUranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...