Product Code Database
Uranium mining 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) mining operations in Kazakhstan have been producing the largest share of world uranium.
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 TVEL.
The production methods employed are conventional underground and open cast (50%) and in-situ leaching (50%). About 50 uranium production centers are operational.
Viable projects
Presently shut down OC OC (See Uranium mining in Australia) Four Mile South Australia General Atomics 2005 2014 0.37 2,064 (2019) ISL UG OC, mining ceased, processing stockpiled ore ISL, production suspended in 2013 OC UG UG OC ISL ISL UG byproduct of rare earth element production closed, production from mine water treatment UG UG UG UG UG ISL ISL ISL ISL near Karonga Lotus Resources|| ||2009 ||0.08 || ||1400 |OC, Production Suspended 2014
OC OC OC UG OC UG UG, byproduct of gold production UG (See Uranium mining in the United States) ISL UG, on standby 2012 ISL ISL ISL ISL
Potentially viable projects
UG Co-product with phosphoric acid UG Honeymoon 75 km NW of Broken Hill, New South Wales Boss Resources 1972 unknown 0.07 ISR 1500 ISL, production suspended in 2013 OC UG UG UG UG UG OC ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL ISL UG UG ISL
Non-viable projects
67,246 tonnes U in phosphate UG Fission Mine Ontario 1922 UG
Prospective projects and decommissioned mines
2440 t U resources 1954 UG OC OC UG, OC UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG Phase 1: 1954
Phase 2: 1975 Phase 1: 1964
Phase 2: 1982 UG Dyno Mine Cardiff Ontario Ovintiv 1953 1958 363,758 kg 1960 UG Greyhawk Mine Faraday, Ontario Ovintiv 1954 1958 0.069% 80,247 tonnes 1960 UG Bicroft Mine Cardiff Ontario Barrick Gold 1957 2,470,000 tonnes 1963 UG UG UG UG OC/UG OC/UG Oklo Mine
OC/UG UG OC (East Germany) UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG UG/ISL UG UG OC/UG OC OC OC UG OC OC OC UG/ISL/heap leaching UG/ISL/heap leaching UG UG UG (West Germany) UG UG OC OC
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