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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.
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.
Viable projects
 Argentina
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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 | 1958 | 0.15 | Presently shut down | |||
| Cachocira (Cactite) | 1999 | 0.3 | 340 | OC | ||||
| Engenlio (Cactite) | 2006 | OC | ||||||
 Australia(See Uranium mining in Australia)
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| 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 (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 |
| Beverley | South Australia, in the northern Flinders Ranges | Heathgate Resources | 1969 | 1999 | 0.18 | N.A. | 1064 | ISL, production suspended in 2013 |
 Brazil
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| 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 | 1999 | 0.25 | 400 | OC | |
 Canada
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| 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 | 15.41 | 52,424 (2016) | 8,650 | UG |
| McArthur River/Key Lake | Saskatchewan | Cameco | 1988 | 1999 | 6.58 | 93,750 (2016) | 9,000 | UG |
| McClean Lake | Saskatchewan | AREVA Resources Canada | 1979 | 1999 | 2.4 | 2490 | OC | |
 China
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| 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 | ||||||
| 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
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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 | Diamo | 408 | UG | |||||
 France
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 | |||
| Bhatin | Jharkhand | UCIL | 1967 | 1230 | UG | |||
| Narwapahar | Jharkhand | UCIL | 1995 | 1050 | UG | |||
| Turamdih | Jharkhand | UCIL | 2002 | 1730 | UG | |||
| Tummalapalle | Andhra Pradesh | UCIL | 1989 (?) | 0.05 | UG | |||
 Iraq
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| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Annual production (tOre) | Annual production (tU) | Type of mine |
| Akashat | ||||||||
 Kazakhstan
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| 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 group | Kazatomprom | 900 | ISL | |||||
 Malawi
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| 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
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| 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
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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(Arlette) | Areva/Onarem | 1965 | 1971 | 0.3 | 1315 | OC | ||
 Pakistan
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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 | PAEC | +2200(est) | ||||||
| Issa Khel / Kubul Kel | Miniawali District | |||||||
| Tumman Leghari | South Punjab | |||||||
 Romania
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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
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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, Zabaykalsky Krai | ARMZ | 1963 | 1968 | 0.38 | 3431(est) | UG | |
 South Africa
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| 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
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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 | |||||
 United States (See Uranium mining in the United States)
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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 | Nebraska | Cameco | 1980 | 1991 | _ | 363 | ISL | |
| Daneros | 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 | ||
| Vasquez | South Texas | Westwater Resources | 2004 | _ | 360 | ISL | ||
| Alta Mesa | Texas, Brooks County | Mesteña Uranium | 385* *annual capacity | ISL | ||||
 Uzbekistan
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| 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
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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 |
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| Sierra Pintada | CNEA | UG | ||||||
| Cerro Solo | 0.3 | |||||||
| Hataia | 0.08 | 680 | Co-product with phosphoric acid | |||||
| Australia
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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 |
| Jabiluka | Northern Territory | ERA | 1971 | 0.43 | 2290 | UG | ||
| Honeymoon | 75 km NW of Broken Hill, New South Wales | Boss Resources | 1972 | unknown | 0.07 | ISR | 1500 | ISL, production suspended in 2013 |
| Canada
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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 |
| 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 | |||||
| India
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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 |
| Mohuldih | Jharkhand | UCIL | UG | |||||
| Baghjata | UG | |||||||
| Bandugurang | UG | |||||||
| Lambapur-Peddagattu | UG | |||||||
| Kylleng-Pyndemsohiong-Mawthabah (formerly Domiasiat) | Meghalaya | OC | ||||||
 Iran
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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 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Kazakhstan
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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 | 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
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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 |
| Khiagda | Buryatia | TVEL | UG | |||||
| Priargun | Chita region | TVEL | UG | |||||
| USA
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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 |
| Sweetwater | Wyoming | SXR Uranium One | ISL | |||||
Non-viable projects
 Algeria
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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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| Timgaouine | ||||||||
| Abankor | ||||||||
| El-Bema | ||||||||
| Ait-Oklan | ||||||||
| Tahaggart | Southern Tassili | |||||||
| Asseo | ||||||||
| Argentina
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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 | ||||||||
| Laguna Colorada | ||||||||
| Las Termas | ||||||||
| Figueira | ||||||||
| Australia
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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 |
| Koongarra | 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 | ||||
| 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 | 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 | ||||
| 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 | Paladin | 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
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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 Phosphates | 0.01 | |||||||
| Brazil
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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 | ||||
| N.N. (Pará) | ||||||||
| Amorinopolis | ||||||||
| Alcantil | ||||||||
| Serrotes Baixos | ||||||||
| Lago Real | ||||||||
| Espinharas | ||||||||
| Camus Belos | ||||||||
| Quadrilalero Ferrifero | ||||||||
| Gandarela | ||||||||
| Serra des Gaivotas | ||||||||
| Pitinga | Amazonas | |||||||
| Santa Quiteria | ||||||||
| Canada
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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 | 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 | ||||
| Fission Mine | Ontario | 1922 | UG | |||||
| China
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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 | 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
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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 | |||||||
| Pakistan
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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 | |||||||
Prospective projects and decommissioned mines
| Argentina
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| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
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| 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 Gigantes, Cordoba Province | |||||||
| La Estela | ||||||||
| Los Colorados | La Rioja Province | 1993 | 1995 | |||||
| San Rafael | ||||||||
| Australia
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| 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
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| 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 | Rio Algom (BHP) | 2.3 million | UG | ||||
| Quirke Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Rio Algom (BHP) | 44 million | UG | ||||
| Denison Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison Mines | 69 million | UG | ||||
| Panel Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Rio Algom (BHP) | 15 million | UG | ||||
| Can-Met Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison Mines | 2.6 million | |||||
| Stanrock Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Denison Mines | 6.4 million | UG | ||||
| Stanleigh Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Rio Algom (BHP) | 14 million | |||||
| Buckles Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Rio Algom (BHP) | UG | |||||
| Spanish American Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Rio Algom (BHP) | UG | |||||
| Milliken Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Rio Algom (BHP) | 6.3 million | UG | ||||
| Lacnor Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Rio Algom (BHP) | 3.4 million | UG | ||||
| Nordic Mine | Elliot Lake, Ontario | Rio Algom (BHP) | 13 million | UG | ||||
| Agnew Lake | Agnew Lake, Ontario | ALM-Kerr Addison | 1977 | 1983 | UG | |||
| Madawaska mine (Previously: Faraday Mine) | Faraday, Ontario | Ovintiv | Phase 1: 1954
Phase 2: 1975 |
0.1074% | 4,082 tonnes | 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 | ||
| Czech Republic
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| 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
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| 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 | 65.00 | >50,000 | Sealed - 1960, Official Announcement - 2004 | OC/UG |
 Gabon
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| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
| Mounana | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1956 | 1960 | 0.37 | 28000 | 1999 | OC/UG |
| Oklo Mine | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1968 | 1956 | 0.37 | 14000 | 1985 | OC/UG |
| Boyindzi | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province | COGEMA | 1980 | 0.37 | 1991 | UG | ||
| Mikouloungou | Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province (60 km away from Mounana) | COGEMA | 1997 | 0.37 | 1999 | OC | ||
| Germany (East Germany)
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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 | 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)
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| 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
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| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
| Kowary | 1000 | |||||||
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| Russia
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| Mine | Location | Main owner | Year discovered | Year commenced | Grade %U | Total production (tU) | Year closed | Type of mine |
| Butugichag | Kolyma, Magadan Oblast, near town of Ust-Omchug (~50 km, or 30 mi) | State-owned, Dalstroy | 1940s | 1945 | ? | 1955 | OC | |
 Slovenia
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| 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
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| 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 | |||
See also
- List of countries by uranium reserves
- Uranium market
- Uranium ore deposits
- Mining
- Uranium
- List of countries by uranium production
- UraMin
Notes
- ^ "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
- "Don Otto mine, Tonco-Amblayo mining district, San Carlos Department, Salta Province, Argentina".
- McKay, A. D., Y. Miezitis (2001). Australia's Uranium Resources, Geology and Development of Deposits (PDF). AGSO--Geoscience Australia.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "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
- ^ "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 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Uranium in Niger and Gabon". 2007-01-05. Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2005-06-23.
- "The Honeymoon Uranium Project". Boss Resources Limited. Subiaco, WA. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Independent Environmental Monitoring Program: Dyno, Bicroft, and Madawaska Mines". Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ "Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- "The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb".
- "PorterGeo Database - Ore Deposit Description".
- ^ "Uranium in Niger and Gabon". 2007-01-05. Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ Average Grade for Mounana, Oklo, Boyindzi and Mikouloungou
- ^ 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. Bibcode:1989EcGeo..84.2286G. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.84.8.2286. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
- Uranium in concentrate, mined resources without production losses
- ^ "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".
References
- Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand (Red Book) (2008) OECD-NEA and IAEA
External links
- World Distribution of Uranium Deposits Database (UDEPO)-IAEA
- World Nuclear Association > Public Information Service > country papers
- WISE-Uranium
- Quellen radioaktiver Strahlung, weltweit - Google Maps (deutsch)