Uranium production is an important part of the African economy, with Niger, Namibia and South Africa creating up to 18% of the world's annual production. Many African countries produce uranium or have untapped uranium ore deposits.[citation needed][1]
List
editAlgeria
editAngola
editBotswana
editDemocratic Republic of the Congo
edit- Shinkolobwe (closed 2004)
Gabon
edit- Franceville - Mounana - closed
- Franceville - Oklo - closed
Namibia
edit- Rössing Namib Desert 65 km from Swakopmund - Rio Tinto
- Langer Heinrich Namib Desert 80 km from Swakopmund - Paladin Energy
- Trekkopje - Areva SA[6]
Niger
edit- Areva NC currently operates two large mines in the Aïr Mountains of Agadez Region.
- Imouraren - Areva SA[7]
- Niger-Uranium ltd[8]
Nigeria
editSouth Africa
edit- Nufcor, subsidiary of Constellation Energy, which is owned by Goldman Sachs[9][10]
- Brakpan, Gauteng - Mintails project - AngloGold Ashanti's East Rand Gold and Uranium operation (ERGO) gold and uranium joint venture with DRDGold
- First Uranium, listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange symbol FIU[11]
- Simmer and Jack Mines, listed on Johannesburg Securities Exchange[12]
- sxrUraniumOne (formerly the JSE-listed Aflease Gold) - Dominion project - gold and uranium[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Uranium Commodity Profile
- ^ "Algeria dreams of nuclear energy (Magharebia.com)". www.magharebia.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "afrol News - Angola seeks to increase investments in mining". www.afrol.com. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- ^ Benza, Brian (2008-01-09). "Botswana: Twenty Million Pounds of Uranium Discovered At Mokobaesi". Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone). Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- ^ "ACAP Resources". www.acap.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Uranium production to double". beta.miningreview.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "French nuclear giant to explore potential of uranium deposit in Niger". Africanews. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ グランのメールレディは安全？口コミはどう？. www.niger-uranium.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- ^ "Forced Action Mixer - History, Types & Manufacturers of Mixers". www.forcedactionmixer.co.uk. February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Goldman puts 'for sale' sign on Iran's old uranium supplier". Reuters. Feb 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
- ^ "Home". firsturanium.com.
- ^ "SIMMER & JACK (PTY) LTD | HOME". www.simmers.co.za.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-05-08. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
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External links
edit- Gabrielle Hecht. An elemental force: Uranium in Africa, and what it means to be nuclear. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. March/April 2012. An elemental force: Uranium production in Africa, and what it means to be nuclear
- AllAfrica News
- WISE Uranium Project - New Uranium Projects - Africa
- Ministry of Energy and Mines, Algeria
- Ministério da Geologia e Minas, of Angola (in Portuguese)
- Ministry of Mines and Energy, Namibia
- Department of Minerals and Energy, South Africa