Uranium in Africa
Uranium production is an important part of the African economy, with Niger, Namibia, Libya and South Africa creating up to 18% of the world's annual production. Many African countries produce uranium or have untapped uranium ore deposits.[1]
List
Algeria
Angola
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Several closed uranium mines exist in Gabon.
- Franceville - Mounana - closed
- Franceville - Oklo - closed
Namibia
- Rössing Namib Desert 65 km from Swakopmund - Rio Tinto
- Langer Heinrich Namib Desert 80 km from Swakopmund - Paladin Energy
- Trekkopje - Areva SA[6]
Niger
- see Valerie Plame affair
- Areva NC currently operates two large mines in the Aïr Mountains of Agadez Region.
- Imouraren - Areva SA[7]
- Niger-Uranium ltd[8]
Nigeria
South Africa
- 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
- Aluminium in Africa
- Cement in Africa
- Copper in Africa
- Iron ore in Africa
- Platinum in Africa
- Titanium in Africa
- Economy of Africa
- List of uranium mines
- Uranium market
References
- ^ http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=1409 | Uranium Commodity Profile
- ^ http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2005/10/03/feature-01
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.acap.com.au/companyprofile.htm
- ^ http://beta.miningreview.com/node/12757
- ^ http://beta.miningreview.com/node/12757
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.nufcor.co.uk/
- ^ "Goldman puts 'for sale' sign on Iran's old uranium supplier". Reuters. Feb 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
- ^ http://www.firsturanium.com
- ^ http://www.simmers.co.za
- ^ http://www.miningreview.com/archive/mra_6_2005/pdf/38-39.pdf
External links
- Gabrielle Hecht. An elemental force: Uranium in Africa, and what it means to be nuclear. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. March/April 2012. [1]
- 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