List of uranium projects
This article needs to be updated.(August 2020) |
Uranium production is carried out in about 13 countries around the world, in 2017 producing a cumulative total of 59,462 tonnes of uranium (tU). The international producers were Kazakhstan (39%), Canada (22%), Australia (10%), Namibia (7.1%), Niger (5.8%), Russian Federation (4.9%), Uzbekistan (4.0%), China (3.2%), United States (1.6%), Ukraine (0.9%), India (0.7%), South Africa (0.5%) and Pakistan (0.1%). Since 2009 the in-situ leach (ISL) operations of Kazakhstan have been producing the largest share of world uranium.[1]
The largest conventional uranium mines are Cigar Lake and McArthur River (Canada); Ranger and Olympic Dam (Australia); Krasnokamensk (Russia) and Rossing (Namibia). The largest uranium producers are Cameco, Rio Tinto, Areva, KazAtomProm and ARMZ-TVEL.
The production methods employed are conventional underground and open cast (50%) and in-situ leaching (50%). About 50 uranium production centers are operational.[1]
Viable projects[]
Argentina | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U[2] | Annual production (tOre)[3] | Annual production (tU)[4] | Type of mine[5] |
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Salta | Globe Uranium | 1958 | 30 | Presently shut down | ||||
(Cactite) | 1999 | 0.3 | 340 | OC | ||||
(Cactite) | 2006 | OC | ||||||
Australia[6]'(See Uranium mining in Australia) | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Four Mile | South Australia | General Atomics | 2005 | 2014 | 0.37 | 2,064[7] (2019) | ISL | |
Olympic Dam | South Australia | BHP | 1975 | 1988 | 0.05 | 9,100,000 | 4,356 | UG |
Ranger | Northern Territory | ERA | 1969 | 1980 | 0.2 | 2,000,000 | 5,544 | OC, mining ceased, processing stockpiled ore[8] |
Beverley | South Australia, in the northern Flinders Ranges | Heathgate Resources | 1969 | 1999 | 0.18 | N.A.[9] | 1064 | ISL, production suspended in 2013 |
Brazil | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Caetité | Lagoa Real province, Bahia State | Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil | 1977[10] | 1999[10] | 0.25 | 400 | OC | |
Canada | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Cigar Lake | Saskatchewan | Cameco | 1981 | 2005 | 15.9 | 52,424 (2016)[11] | 8,650 | UG |
McArthur River/Key Lake | Saskatchewan | Cameco | 1988 | 1999 | 9.6 | 93,750 (2016)[12] | 9,000 | UG |
McClean Lake | Saskatchewan | AREVA Resources Canada | 1979 | 1999 | 2.4 | 2490 | OC | |
China | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
750 (est) | ||||||||
Chenxian | Hunan Province | China National Nuclear Corporation | ||||||
Hunan Province | ||||||||
Fujian Province | ||||||||
Tengchong | Yunnan Province | ISL | ||||||
Yining | Xinjiang Autonomous Region | ISL | ||||||
Chongyi | Shaanxi Province | |||||||
Lantian | Shaanxi Province | |||||||
Liaoning Province | ||||||||
Benxi | Liaoning Province | 0.34 | ||||||
Czech Republic | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Dolní Rožínka | Diamo | 408 | UG | |||||
France | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
2 (2015) | byproduct of rare earth element production | |||||||
Germany | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Königstein | Königstein, Saxony | Wismut | 1963 | 1967 | 77 | closed, production from mine water treatment | ||
India | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Jaduguda | Jharkhand | UCIL | 1967 | 2300+ (est) | UG | |||
Jharkhand | UCIL | 1967 | 1230 | UG | ||||
Jharkhand | UCIL | 1995 | 1050 | UG | ||||
Jharkhand | UCIL | 2002 | 1730 | UG | ||||
Tummalapalle | Andhra Pradesh | UCIL | 1989 (?) | 0.05 | UG | |||
Iraq | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Akashat | ||||||||
Kazakhstan | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Kazatomprom-Areva | 2600 | ISL | ||||||
Stepnoye | Kazatomprom | 1570 | ISL | |||||
Tsentralnoye | Kazatomprom | 1000 | ISL | |||||
Western group | Kazatomprom | 900 | ISL | |||||
Malawi | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Kayelekera | near Karonga | Lotus Resources | 2009 | 0.08 | 1400 | OC, Production Suspended 2014 | ||
Namibia | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Rössing | Namib Desert | Rio Tinto | 1928 | 1976 | 0.03–0.05 | 12,030,000 | 1,569 | OC |
Langer Heinrich | Namib Desert | Paladin Energy | 1973 | 2007 | 0.06–0.07 | 1,903.5 | OC | |
Husab | Namib Desert | China General Nuclear Power Group and China-Africa Development Fund | 2008 | 2015 | 0.039 | OC | ||
Niger | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
.[13] | Areva/Onarem | 1967 | 1974 | 0.46 | 1778 | UG | ||
Arlit(Arlette)[13] | Areva/Onarem | 1965 | 1971 | 0.3 | 1315 | OC | ||
Pakistan | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Dera Ghazi Khan | PAEC | +2200(est) | ||||||
/ | Miniawali District | |||||||
South Punjab | ||||||||
Romania | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Krasnokamensk | Krasnokamensk, Zabaykalsky Krai | ARMZ | 1963 | 1968 | 0.38 | 3431(est) | UG | |
South Africa | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Vaal River gold operations | AngloGold Ashanti | 0.033 | 600 (2012) | UG, byproduct of gold production | ||||
Ukraine | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
and | VostGOK | 800(est) | UG | |||||
United States (See Uranium mining in the United States) | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Crow Butte | Nebraska | Cameco | 1980 | 1991 | _ | 363 | ISL | |
near Fry Canyon, Utah | Energy Fuels | 1975 | 2009 | 0.26 | 37,900 | 97.4 (2012) | UG, on standby 2012 | |
Smith Ranch-Highland | near Douglas, Wyoming | Cameco | 1972/1988* *ISL operations | _ | 590 | ISL | ||
South Texas | Westwater Resources | 2004 | _ | 360 | ISL | |||
Texas, Brooks County | 385* *annual capacity | ISL | ||||||
Uzbekistan | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Uchkuduk | Navoi GMK | 1952 | 1961 | 2700 (2012) | ISL |
Potentially viable projects[]
Argentina | ||||||||
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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CNEA | UG | |||||||
Cerro Solo | 0.3 | |||||||
0.08 | 680 | Co-product with phosphoric acid | ||||||
Australia | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade (%U) | Planned Annual production (tOre) | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Jabiluka | Northern Territory | ERA | 1971 | 0.43 | 2290 | UG | ||
Honeymoon | 75 km NW of Broken Hill, New South Wales | Boss Resources | 1972[14] | unknown | 0.07 | ISR | 1500 | ISL, production suspended in 2013 |
Canada | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual production (tOre) | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Saskatchewan | Areva Resources Canada Inc. | 1978 | 4.4 | OC | ||||
Nunavut | Areva Resources Canada Inc. | 0.41 | UG | |||||
Saskatchewan | Cameco | 3.9 | ||||||
India | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual production (tOre) | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Jharkhand | UCIL | UG | ||||||
UG | ||||||||
UG | ||||||||
UG | ||||||||
(formerly ) | Meghalaya | OC | ||||||
Iran | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual production (tOre) | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Yazd province | ||||||||
Bandar Abbas | 0.2 | |||||||
Kazakhstan | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual production (tOre) | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||||
Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||||
Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||||
Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||||
Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||||
Kazatomprom | ISL | |||||||
Chu-Sarysu district | Kazatomprom | 0.06 | ISL | |||||
Inkai Uranium Project | Chu-Sarysu district | Cameco | 0.06 | ISL | ||||
South Inkai Project | Chu-Sarysu district | Uranium One | 0.04 | ISL | ||||
Chu-Sarysu district | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
Chu-Sarysu district | Kazatomprom | 0.04 | ISL | |||||
Chu-Sarysu district | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
Zarechnoye | Syr-Darya district | Kazatomprom | 0.11 | |||||
Kyzyl-Orda district | Kazatomprom | ISL | ||||||
Russia | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual production (tOre) | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Buryatia | TVEL | UG | ||||||
Chita region | TVEL | UG | ||||||
USA | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual production (tOre) | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
Sweetwater | Wyoming | SXR Uranium One | ISL |
Non-viable projects[]
Algeria | ||||||||
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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Southern Tassili | ||||||||
Argentina | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %U | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
1954 | ||||||||
Patagonia | ||||||||
1968 | ||||||||
Cerro Condor | ||||||||
Laguna Colorado | ||||||||
Amorinopolis | ||||||||
Alcantil | ||||||||
Pitinga | Amazonas | |||||||
Australia | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %U | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
Alligator Rivers of the Northern Territory, 30 km south of Ranger and 3 km east of Nourlangie Rock | Areva | 1970 | 0.8 | |||||
Browns | Rum Jungle, near Batchelor, Northern Territory | Compass Resources NL | 1965 | 0.05 | ||||
25 km south of Alice Springs | Cameco (operator) | 1973 | 0.13 | |||||
Northern edge of the Ngalia Basin in NT | Energy Metals Ltd | 1982 | 0.14 | |||||
Mount Gee | North Flinders Ranges | Marathon Resources | 0.05 | |||||
North of Honeymoon Uranium Mine– | Curnamona Energy | |||||||
and | In the Olary area of SA (Curnamona province) | PepinNini Minerals Ltd | 1951 | 0.05–0.48 | ||||
Prominent Hill | 130 km SE of Coober Pedy, South Australia | OZ Minerals | 2001 | 103 ppm | ||||
Kintyre | Rudall region of Western Australia | Cameco | 1985 | |||||
Yeelirrie | Between Wiluna and Leinster, WA, about 500 km north of Kalgoorlie | Cameco | 1972 | 0.15 | ||||
Mulga Rock | 250 km north east of Kalgoorlie | Vimy Resources | 1979 | 0.13 | ||||
In the northern part of the Carnarvon Basin, 85 km south of Onslow in Western Australia | Paladin Energy | 1974 | 0.12 | |||||
Oobagooma | 75 km northeast of Derby in Western Australia | Paladin Energy | 0.15 | |||||
Lake Way and Centipede | Close to Wiluna, 750 km north east of Perth | Nova Energy | 1972 | 0.1 | ||||
Lake Maitland | At Lake Maitland, 100 km SE of Wiluna | Mega Uranium | 0.03 | |||||
Valhalla | 40 km north of Mount Isa | Paladin | 1954 | 0.14 | ||||
About 400 km north of Mount Isa, | Laramide Resources | 1956 | 0.04 – 0.2 | |||||
Ben Lomond | 50 km west of Townsville | Mega Uranium | 1975 | 0.25 | ||||
Maureen | Near Georgetown in north Queensland | Mega Uranium | 0.12 | |||||
Belgium | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %U | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
0.01 | ||||||||
Brazil | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %tU | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
Santa Quitena, CEARA | Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil | 0.085 | 67,246 tonnes U in phosphate | |||||
Canada | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %tU | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
Andrew Lake | Northwest Territories | AREVA NC | ||||||
Northwest Territories | AREVA Resources Canada Inc. | 0.2 | ||||||
Northwest Territories | AREVA Resources Canada Inc. | 0.25 | ||||||
Northwest Territories | Triex Minerals | 0.2 | ||||||
Northwest Territories | Moss Resources | |||||||
Northwest Territories | Cameco | |||||||
Northwest Territories | ||||||||
Northwest Territories | ||||||||
Coppermine River | Northwest Territories | Unor Inc | ||||||
Northwest Territories | Unor Inc | |||||||
British Columbia | Santoy Resources Ltd. | 0.21 | ||||||
British Columbia | International Ranger Corp. | 0.08 | ||||||
British Columbia | International Montoro Resources Inc | 0.04 | ||||||
Alberta | Red Dragon Resources Corp | |||||||
AREVA Resources Canada Inc. | ||||||||
COGEMA | ||||||||
Rio Grande Mines Corp | ||||||||
UEX Corp. | ||||||||
JNR Resources | ||||||||
UEX Corp. | ||||||||
UEX Corp. | ||||||||
UEX Corp. | 1.17 | |||||||
JNR Resources | ||||||||
JNR Resources | ||||||||
Cameco | ||||||||
UEM Inc. | ||||||||
Coronation Mines Ltd. | ||||||||
Uranium Holdings Corporation | ||||||||
Uranium Holdings Corporation | ||||||||
CanWest Petroleum Corp | ||||||||
2.5 | ||||||||
International Uranium Corp. | ||||||||
International Uranium Corp | ||||||||
Cameco | 0.51 | |||||||
Strathmore Minerals Corp. | 0.09 | |||||||
Quebec | Strathmore Resources | |||||||
Nova Uranium Corp | ||||||||
Xemplar Energy Corp | 0.6 | |||||||
Newfoundland | ||||||||
Labrador | Aurora Energy Resources Inc | |||||||
Labrador | Aurora Energy Resources Inc | |||||||
Labrador | Aurora Energy Resources Inc. | |||||||
Roughrider Deposit | Saskatchewan | Rio Tinto | 2008 | UG | ||||
China | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %U3O8 | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
Yili | Xinjiang Autonomous Region | |||||||
Xinjiang Autonomous Region | ||||||||
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | ||||||||
Guangxi Autonomous Region | ||||||||
Jiangxi Province | ||||||||
Guangdong Province | ||||||||
Kazakhstan | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %U | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
Syr-Darya district | ||||||||
Pakistan | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %U | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
Karak, NWFP | PAEC | 0.04 | ||||||
Sehwan | ||||||||
Sehwan | ||||||||
Kirthar Range, Sindh |
Prospective projects and decommissioned mines[]
Argentina | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
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Mendoza province | Complejo Minero Fabril San Rafael | 0.19 | 1995 | 2440 t U resources | ||||
Huemul | Mendoza province | Energía Mineral S.A | ||||||
Los Giagantes | ||||||||
Los Colorados | La Rioja Province | 1993 | 1995 | |||||
San Rafael | ||||||||
Australia | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
El Sherana | Northern Territory | 1954 | 1954 | |||||
Rum Jungle | 65 km south of Darwin on the East Finniss River | AAEC/Rio Tinto | 1949 | 1971 | UG | |||
Canada | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
Patterson Lake South | Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan | Fission Uranium Corp. | 2013 | .2-.25 | OC | |||
Key Lake, Gaertner and Deilmann pits | 570 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Cameco | OC | |||||
Cluff Lake | 700 km from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | COGEMA | 9979 | 2002 | UG, OC | |||
Rayrock Mine | Northwest Territories | Rayrock Mines Limited | 1948 | 1955 | 1959 | UG | ||
Eldorado Mine | Port Radium, Northwest Territories | 2005 | ||||||
Beaverlodge | Saskatchewan | Cameco | ||||||
Gunnar | ||||||||
Lorado | ||||||||
Nisto | ||||||||
Pronto Mine | Spragge, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 2.3 million | UG | ||||
Quirke Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 44 million | UG | ||||
Denison Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 69 million | UG | ||||
Panel Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 15 million | UG | ||||
Can-Met Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 2.6 million | |||||
Stanrock Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison | 6.4 million | UG | ||||
Stanleigh Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 14 million | |||||
Buckles Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | UG | ||||||
Spanish American Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | UG | |||||
Milliken Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | 6.3 million | UG | |||||
Lacnor Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 3.4 million | UG | ||||
Nordic Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | BHP Billiton Plc | 13 million | UG | ||||
Agnew Lake | Elliot Lake, Ontario | ALM-Kerr Addison | 1977 | 1983 | UG | |||
Madawaska mine (Previously: Faraday Mine) | Faraday, Ontario | EWL Management Ltd (Ovintiv)[15] | Phase 1: 1954
Phase 2: 1975[16] |
0.1074%[16] | 4,082 tonnes[17] | Phase 1: 1964
Phase 2: 1982[16] |
UG | |
Dyno Mine | Cardiff Ontario | EWL Management Ltd (Ovintiv)[15] | 1953[18] | 1958[18] | 363,758 kg[18] | 1960[18] | UG[18] | |
Greyhawk Mine | Faraday, Ontario[19] | EWL Management Ltd (Ovintiv) | 1954[20] | 1958 | 0.069%[20] | 80,247 tonnes[20] | 1960 | UG |
Bicroft Mine | Cardiff Ontario[21] | Barrick Gold[22] | 1957 | 2,470,000 tonnes | 1963 | UG | ||
Czech Republic | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
Jáchymov | 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 | 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) | Rychlebské Hory in the Olomouc Region | 1957 | 1959 | 405 | 1968 | UG | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
Shinkolobwe | In the Katanga province, located near Likasi | Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) | 1911 | 1922 | 2004 | UG | ||
Gabon | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
Mounana[23] | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1956 | 1960 | 0.37[24] | 28000[25][26] | 1999 | OC/UG |
Oklo Mine[23][27][28] | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1968 | 1956 | 0.37[24] | 14000[25] | 1985 | OC/UG |
[23] | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1980 | 0.37[24] | 1991 | UG | ||
[23] | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province (60 km away from Mounana) | COGEMA | 1997 | 0.37[24] | 1999 | OC | ||
Germany (East Germany) | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Mining Company | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) [29] | Year closed | Type of mine |
Johanngeorgenstadt | western Erzgebirge Mts | SAG / SDAG Wismut | 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 |
Germany (West Germany) | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
Ellweiler | Near Ellweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate | UG | ||||||
Menzenschwand | Near St. Blasien, Black Forest | Gewerkschaft Brunhilde | 1961 | 580 | 1991 | UG | ||
Poland | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine[30] |
Kowary[30][31] | 1000[32][33] | |||||||
Radoniów | ||||||||
Kopaniec | ||||||||
Kletno | ||||||||
Rudki | ||||||||
Radomice | ||||||||
Szklarska Poreba | ||||||||
Wojcieszyce | ||||||||
Okrzeszyn | ||||||||
Mniszków | ||||||||
Miedzianka | ||||||||
Radzimowice | ||||||||
Rochowice | ||||||||
Grzmiaca | ||||||||
Redziny | ||||||||
Russia | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
Butugichag[34] | Kolyma, Magadan Oblast, near town of Ust-Omchug (~50 km, or 30 mi) | State-owned, Dalstroy | 1940s | 1945 | ? | 1955 | OC | |
Slovenia | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
Žirovski Vrh | Slovenia, Upper Carniola | N.E.K. | 1960 | 1984 | 0.07 | 452 tU | 1994 | |
Sweden | ||||||||
Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
South of Billingen, between Skövde and Falköping | 1965 | 120 t U | 1969 | OC |
Notes[]
- ^ a b "World Uranium Mining Production". World Nuclear Association. March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Grade %U: weight percentage of uranium
- ^ tOre: capacity - tonnes of ore
- ^ tU: capacity - tonnes of uranium
- ^ UG - underground; OC - opencast; ISL - in-situ leaching
- ^ McKay, A. D., Y. Miezitis (2001). Australia's Uranium Resources, Geology and Development of Deposits (PDF). AGSO--Geoscience Australia.
- ^ "Beverley, Beverley North & Four Mile Mineral Leases" (PDF). Department for Energy and Mining. Heathgate Resources. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Ranger mine future hangs in balance as ERA nears decision on strategic review". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ^ Not Applicable for ISL mining
- ^ a b "Perguntas Frequentes – INB" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ^ "Cigar Lake". Cameco Corp. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "McArthur/Key Lake". Cameco Corp. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Uranium in Niger and Gabon". 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2005-06-23.
- ^ "The Honeymoon Uranium Project". Boss Resources Limited. Subiaco, WA. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Independent Environmental Monitoring Program: Dyno, Bicroft, and Madawaska Mines". Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
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- ^ Proulx, Michèle (1997). The Uranium Mining lndustry of the Bancroft Area: an Environmental History and Heritage Assessment (PDF). Peterborough, Ontario: Trent University. p. 50. ISBN 0-612-21696-9. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Dyno Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ "Greyhawk Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ a b c "Mineral Deposit Inventory Record MDI31F04SW00036: Greyhawk Mine, Greyhawk". www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ Reynolds, Nila (1979). Bancroft. A Bonanza of Memories. Bancroft Centennial Committee.
- ^ "3 decommissioned uranium mines near Bancroft, Ont. deemed protected, no health impacts: study - Peterborough | Globalnews.ca". Global News (in American English). Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ a b c d "Uranium in Niger and Gabon". 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ a b c d Average Grade for Mounana, Oklo, Boyindzi and Mikouloungou
- ^ a b in tonnes U
- ^ Total production for Mounana, Oklo, Boyindzi and Mikouloungou
- ^ "Oklo: Natural Uranium Reactors". Archived from the original on 2004-06-03. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ Gauthier-lafaye, F.; Weber, F.; Ohmoto, H. (1989-12-01). "Natural fission reactors of Oklo". Economic Geology. 84 (8): 2286–2295. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.84.8.2286. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
- ^ Uranium in concentrate, mined resources without production losses
- ^ a b "WISE - Nuclear issues information service". Retrieved 2007-06-29.
- ^ European Commission (2002). "Remediation of the low-level radioactive waste tailing pond at Kowary, Poland" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- ^ Total production from all the 15 mines
- ^ "Decommissioning Data - Europe". Retrieved 2007-06-29.
- ^ The walkthrough of the Butugichag camp and mine with pictures (in Ukrainian)
See also[]
- List of countries by uranium reserves
- Uranium market
- Uranium ore deposits
- Mining
- Uranium
- List of countries by uranium production
References[]
- Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand (Red Book) (2008) OECD-NEA and IAEA
External links[]
- Uranium mines
- Lists of mines