List of uranium projects
Uranium production is carried out in about 20 countries around the world, producing a cumulative total of 54,610 tonnes of 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 producing the largest share of 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 production methods employed are conventional underground (UG) and open cast (OC) (47%), in-situ leaching (ISL, 46%) and by-product (7%). About 50 uranium production centers are operational.
Commercial projects
| Argentina | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U[1] | Annual production (tOre)[2] | Annual production (tU)[3] | Type of mine[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Otto | Salta | Globe Uranium Ltd | 1958 | 30 | Presently shut down | |||
| Cachocira (Cactite) | 1999 | 0.3 | 340 | OC | ||||
| Engenlio (Cactite) | 2006 | OC | ||||||
| Australia[5] | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
| Olympic Dam | South Australia | BHP Billiton | 1975 | 1988 | 0.05 | 9,100,000 | 4,356 | UG |
| Ranger | Northern Territory | ERA | 1969 | 1980 | 0.2 | 2,000,000 | 5,544 | OC |
| Beverley | South Australia, in the northern Flinders Ranges | Heathgate Resources | 1969 | 1999 | 0.18 | N.A.[6] | 1064 | ISL |
| 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[7] | 1999[7] | 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 | 20%+ | Unknown | Unknown | UG |
| McArthur River mine | Saskatchewan | Cameco | 1988 | 1999 | 20.66 | 212,285 (diluted tonnage) | 8,491 | UG |
| McClean Lake | Saskatchewan | AREVA Resources Canada Inc | 1979 | 1999 | 2.4 | 2490 | OC | |
| Rabbit Lake | Saskatchewan | Cameco | 1968 | 1975 | 0.88 | 311,908 | 2.4 | UG |
| 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 Corp. | ||||||
| 712 Uranium Mine | Hunan Province | |||||||
| Fuzhou Hangjian | Fujian Province | |||||||
| Tengchong | Yunnan Province | ISL | ||||||
| Yining | Xinjiang Autonomous Region | ISL | ||||||
| Chongyi | Shaanxi Province | |||||||
| Lantian | Shaanxi Province | |||||||
| Quinglong field | 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 |
| 7 | ||||||||
| Germany | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
| Königstein | Königstein, Saxony | Wismut GmbH | 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 Uranium Mine | UCIL | 1967 | 2300+ (est) | UG | ||||
| Bhatin | UCIL | 1967 | 1230 | UG | ||||
| Narwapahar | UCIL | 1995 | 1050 | UG | ||||
| Turamdih | UCIL | 2002 | 1730 | UG | ||||
| Tummalapalle uranium mine | Pulivendula | 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 |
| Tortkuduk | Kazatomprom-Areva | 2600 | ISL | |||||
| Stepnoye | Kazatomprom | 1570 | ISL | |||||
| Tsentralnoye | Kazatomprom | 1000 | ISL | |||||
| Western mining 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 | Paladin Energy | 2009 | 0.08 | 1400 | OC | ||
| 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 | 3,711 | OC |
| Langer Heinrich | Namib Desert | Paladin Energy | early 1970s | 2007 | 0.06–0.07 | OC | ||
| Niger | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
| Akouta.[8] | Areva/Onarem | 1967 | 1974 | 0.46 | 1778 | UG | ||
| Arlit(Arlette)[8] | 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) | ||||||
| Issa Khel / Kubul Kel | Miniawali District | |||||||
| Tumman Leghari | 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 |
| AngloGold Ltd | 674 | UG | ||||||
| Ukraine | ||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| 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 | |
| Smith Ranch-Highland | near Douglas, Wyoming | Cameco | 1972/1988* *ISL operations | _ | 590 | ISL | ||
| Vasquez | South Texas | Uranium Resources Inc | 2004 | _ | 360 | ISL | ||
| Alta Mesa | Texas, Brooks County | Mesteña Uranium | 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 | 2300 | |||||||
Potentially commercial projects
| 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 | ||||||
| Cerro Solo | 0.3 | |||||||
| Hataia | 0.08 | 680 | Co-product with phosphoric acid | |||||
| Australia | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %tU | Planned Annual production (tOre | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
| Honeymoon | 75 km north west of Broken Hill, New South Wales | SXR Uranium One | 2010 | 0.24 | 340 | ISL | ||
| Jabiluka | Northern Territory | ERA | 1971 | 0.43 | 2290 | UG | ||
| Four Mile | South Australia | Heathgate Resources | 0.37 | 1360 | ISL | |||
| Canada | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Scheduled Commencement | Grade %U | Planned Annual production (tOre) | Planned Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
| Cigar Lake | 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 | |||||
| Namibia | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
| Husab Uranium Project | Namib Desert | China General Nuclear Power Group | 2008 | 2012 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Iran | ||||||||
| 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 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Kazakhstan | ||||||||
| 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 | Chu-Sarysu district | Cameco | 0.06 | ISL | ||||
| South Inkai Project | Chu-Sarysu district | Uranium One | 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| USA | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||
Non-commercial projects
| Algeria | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %U | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timgaouine | ||||||||
| Abankor | ||||||||
| El-Bema | ||||||||
| Ait-Oklan | ||||||||
| Tahaggart | Southern Tassili | |||||||
| Asseo | ||||||||
| Argentina | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Laguna Colorado | ||||||||
| Las Termas | ||||||||
| Figueira | ||||||||
| Amorinopolis | ||||||||
| Alcantil | ||||||||
| Serrotes Baixos | ||||||||
| Lago Real | ||||||||
| Espinharas | ||||||||
| Camus Belos | ||||||||
| Quadrilalero Ferrifero | ||||||||
| Gandarela | ||||||||
| Serra des Gaivotas | ||||||||
| Pitinga | Amazonas | |||||||
| Santa Quiteria | ||||||||
| Australia | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Probable commencement | Grade %U | Probable annual production (tOre) | Probable annual production (tU) | Probable type of mine |
| Koongarra | Alligator Rivers of the Northern Territory, 30 km south of Ranger and 3 km east of Nourlangie Rock | Denison | 1970 | 0.8 | ||||
| Mount Fitch / Browns | Part of the old Rum Jungle workings near Batchelor, 64 km south of Darwin | Compass Resources NL | 1965 | 0.05 | ||||
| Angela | 25 km south of Alice Springs | Cameco (operator) | 1973 | 0.13 | ||||
| Bigrlyi | Northern edge of the Ngalia Basin in NT | Energy Metals Ltd | 1982 | 0.14 | ||||
| Mount Gee | North Flinders Ranges | Marathon Resources | 0.05 | |||||
| Curnamona | North of Honeymoon Uranium Mine–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 | 150 km NW of Olympic Dam | Oxiana Ltd | 2001 | 103 ppm | ||||
| Kintyre | 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, 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 | Summit | 1954 | 0.14 | ||||
| Westmoreland uranium mine | 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 | |||||
| East Kalkaroo | ||||||||
| Goulds Dam | ||||||||
| Brooks Dam | ||||||||
| Belgium | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| N.N. (Pará) | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |||||||
| Shihongtan | Xinjiang Autonomous Region | |||||||
| Zaohuohao | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | |||||||
| Chanziping | Guangxi Autonomous Region | |||||||
| Xiangshan field | Jiangxi Province | |||||||
| Xiazhuang field | 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 |
| Irkol project | 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 |
| Shanawah | Karak, NWFP | PAEC | 0.04 | |||||
| Wahi Pandi | Sehwan | |||||||
| Karunuk | Sehwan | |||||||
| Rehman Dhora (Aamri) | Kirthar Range, Sindh | |||||||
Exploration projects
| Argentina | ||||||||
| 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 | Mendoza province | Energía Mineral S.A | ||||||
| Schlagintweit | Los Giagantes | |||||||
| La Estela | ||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Agnew Lake, Hyman | Ontario | Ursa Major Minerals Inc. | 0.03 | |||||
| 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 | ALM-Kerr Addison | UG | ||||||
| Madawaska mine | Bancroft, Ontario | 4,000 | 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 mine | In the Katanga province of the, 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[9] | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1956 | 1960 | 0.37[10] | 28000[11][12] | 1999 | OC/UG |
| Oklo[9][13][14] | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1968 | 1956 | 0.37[10] | 14000[11] | 1985 | OC/UG |
| Boyindzi[9] | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1980 | 0.37[10] | 1991 | UG | ||
| Mikouloungou[9] | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province (60 km away from Mounana) | COGEMA | 1997 | 0.37[10] | 1999 | OC | ||
| Germany (East Germany) | ||||||||
| Mine | Location | Main owner | Mining Company | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) [15] | 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[16] |
| Kowary[16][17] | 1000[18][19] | |||||||
| 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[20] | 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 |
| Ranstadverket | South of Billingen, between Skövde and Falköping | 1965 | 120 t U | 1969 | OC | |||
Notes
- ↑ 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. AGSO--Geoscience Australia.
- ↑ Not Applicable for ISL mining
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Perguntas Frequentes – INB" (in Portuguese). Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil. p. 16. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Uranium in Niger and Gabon". 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2005-06-23.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Uranium in Niger and Gabon". 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Average Grade for Mounana, Oklo, Boyindzi and Mikouloungou
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 in tonnes U
- ↑ Total production for Mounana, Oklo, Boyindzi and Mikouloungou
- ↑ "Oklo: Natural Uranium Reactors". 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
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "WISE - Nuclear issues information service". Retrieved 2007-06-29.
- ↑ European Commission (2002). "Remediation of the low-level radioactive waste tailing pond at Kowary, Poland". 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 (Ukrainian)
See also
- List of countries by uranium reserves
- Uranium market
- Uranium ore deposits
- Mining
- Uranium
References
- Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand (Red Book) (2008) OECD-NEA and IAEA
External links
- World Distribution of Uranium Deposits Database (UDEPO)-IAEA (Free registration required)
- World Nuclear Association > Public Information Service > country papers
- WISE-Uranium