List of uranium projects explained

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Viable projects

Argentina
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U^[2]		Annual production (tOre)^[3]		Annual production (tU)^[4]		Type of mine^[5]
Don Otto	Salta	Globe Uranium	1958		0.15^[6]			Presently shut down
Cachocira (Cactite)			1999		0.3	340		OC
Engenlio (Cactite)				2006				OC
Australia^[7] (See Uranium mining in Australia)
	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^[8] (2019)	ISL
	South Australia		1975	1988	0.05	9,100,000	4,356	UG
	Northern Territory		1969	1980	0.2	2,000,000	5,544	OC, mining ceased, processing stockpiled ore^[9]
			1969	1999	0.18	N.A.^[10]	1064	ISL, production suspended in 2013
Brazil
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Annual production (tOre)		Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
	Lagoa Real province, Bahia State	Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil	1977^[11]	1999	0.25		400	OC
Canada
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Annual production (tOre)		Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
			1981	2005	15.41	52,424 (2016)^[12]	8,650	UG
			1988	1999	6.58	93,750 (2016)^[13]	9,000	UG
			1979	1999	2.4		2490	OC
China
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Annual production (tOre)		Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
							750 (est)
	Hunan Province	China National Nuclear Corporation
712 Uranium Mine	Hunan Province
Fuzhou Hangjian	Fujian Province
	Yunnan Province							ISL
	Xinjiang Autonomous Region							ISL
	Shaanxi Province
	Shaanxi Province
Quinglong field	Liaoning Province
	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
		Diamo					408	UG
France
	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
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Annual production (tOre)		Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
	Königstein, Saxony	Wismut	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
	Jharkhand	UCIL		1967			2300+ (est)	UG
Bhatin		UCIL		1967			1230	UG
Narwapahar		UCIL		1995		1050		UG
Turamdih		UCIL		2002			1730	UG
		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
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
		Kazatomprom					1570	ISL
		Kazatomprom					1000	ISL
Western group		Kazatomprom					900	ISL
Malawi
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Annual production (tOre)		Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
	near Karonga	Lotus Resources		2009	0.08		1400	OC, Production Suspended 2014
Namibia
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Annual production (tOre)		Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
			1928	1976	0.03–0.05	12,030,000	1,569	OC
			1973	2007	0.06–0.07		1,903.5	OC
			2008	2015	0.039			OC
Niger
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Annual production (tOre)		Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
Akouta.^[14]		Areva/Onarem	1967	1974	0.46		1778	UG
Arlit(Arlette)		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
		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)
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Annual production (tOre)		Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
Krasnokamensk		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
Vaal River gold operations					0.033		600 (2012)	UG, byproduct of gold production
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
United States (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
			1980	1991		_	363	ISL
Daneros		Energy Fuels	1975	2009	0.26	37,900	97.4 (2012)	UG, on standby 2012
			1972/1988* *ISL operations		_		590	ISL
Vasquez			2004		_		360	ISL
Alta Mesa		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
		Navoi GMK	1952	1961			2700 (2012)	ISL

Potentially viable 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
					0.3
Hataia					0.08		680	Co-product with phosphoric acid
Australia
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Scheduled Commencement		Grade (%U)		Planned Annual production (tOre)		Planned Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
	Northern Territory		1971		0.43		2290	UG
Honeymoon	75 km NW of Broken Hill, New South Wales	Boss Resources	1972^[15]	unknown	0.07	ISR	1500	ISL, production suspended in 2013
Canada
	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
	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
	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
					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
	Chu-Sarysu district	Kazatomprom			0.06			ISL
	Chu-Sarysu district				0.06			ISL
	Chu-Sarysu district				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
	Syr-Darya district	Kazatomprom			0.11
Korsan	Kyzyl-Orda district	Kazatomprom						ISL
	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
United States
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Scheduled Commencement		Grade %U		Planned Annual production (tOre)		Planned Annual production (tU)		Type of mine
	Wyoming							ISL

Non-viable 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
Las Termas
Figueira
Australia
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Probable commencement		Grade %U		Probable annual production (tOre)		Probable annual production (tU)		Probable type of mine
Koongarra		Areva	1970		0.8
		Compass Resources NL	1965		0.05
Angela		Cameco (operator)	1973		0.13
Bigrlyi	Northern edge of the Ngalia Basin in NT	Energy Metals Ltd	1982		0.14
	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
		OZ Minerals	2001		103 ppm
	Rudall region of Western Australia	Cameco	1985
	Between Wiluna and Leinster, WA, about 500 km north of Kalgoorlie	Cameco	1972		0.15
	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
	75 km northeast of Derby in Western Australia	Paladin Energy			0.15
	Close to Wiluna, 750 km north east of Perth	Nova Energy	1972		0.1
	At Lake Maitland, 100 km SE of Wiluna	Mega Uranium			0.03
	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
		Mega Uranium	1975		0.25
	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 Phosphates					0.01
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)
Serrotes Baixos
Lago Real
Espinharas
Camus Belos
Quadrilalero Ferrifero
Gandarela
Serra des Gaivotas
	Amazonas
Santa Quiteria
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
	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.
	Saskatchewan		2008					UG
Fission Mine	Ontario		1922					UG
China
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Probable commencement		Grade %U3O8		Probable annual production (tOre)		Probable annual production (tU)		Probable type of mine
	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

Prospective projects and decommissioned mines

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
	Mendoza province	Energía Mineral S.A
Schlagintweit
La Estela
				1993			1995
Australia
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Total production (tU)		Year closed		Type of mine
	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
Patterson Lake South	Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan		2013		.2-.25			OC
Key Lake, Gaertner and Deilmann pits	570 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Cameco						OC
	700 km from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	COGEMA				9979	2002	UG, OC
	Northwest Territories	Rayrock Mines Limited	1948	1955			1959	UG
							2005
Beaverlodge	Saskatchewan	Cameco
Gunnar
Lorado
Nisto
	Spragge, Ontario	Rio Algom (BHP)				2.3 million		UG
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Rio Algom (BHP)				44 million		UG
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Denison Mines				69 million		UG
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Rio Algom (BHP)				15 million		UG
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Denison Mines				2.6 million
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Denison Mines				6.4 million		UG
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Rio Algom (BHP)				14 million
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Rio Algom (BHP)						UG
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Rio Algom (BHP)						UG
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Rio Algom (BHP)				6.3 million		UG
	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Rio Algom (BHP)				3.4 million		UG
	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^[16]	0.1074%	4,082 tonnes^[17]	Phase 1: 1964Phase 2: 1982	UG
Dyno Mine	Cardiff Ontario	Ovintiv^[18]	1953^[19]	1958		363,758 kg	1960	UG
Greyhawk Mine	Faraday, Ontario^[20]	Ovintiv	1954^[21]	1958	0.069%	80,247 tonnes	1960	UG
Bicroft Mine	Cardiff Ontario^[22]	Barrick Gold^[23]		1957		2,470,000 tonnes	1963	UG
Czech Republic
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Total production (tU)		Year closed		Type of mine
	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
	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
			1957	1959		405	1968	UG
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Total production (tU)		Year closed		Type of mine
	In the Katanga province, located near Likasi	Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK)	1911	1922	65.00^[24]	>50,000^[25]	Sealed - 1960, Official Announcement - 2004	OC/UG
Gabon
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Total production (tU)		Year closed		Type of mine
Mounana^[26]	Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province		1956	1960	0.37^[27]	28000^[28] ^[29]	1999	OC/UG
Oklo Mine^[30] ^[31]	Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province		1968	1956	0.37	14000	1985	OC/UG
	Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province			1980	0.37		1991	UG
	Near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province (60 km away from Mounana)			1997	0.37		1999	OC
Germany (East Germany)
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Mining Company		Year commenced		Grade %U		Total production (tU) ^[32]		Year closed		Type of mine
Johanngeorgenstadt	western Erzgebirge Mts		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^[33]
Kowary^[34]						1000^[35] ^[36]
Rudki
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Total production (tU)		Year closed		Type of mine
Butugichag^[37]	Kolyma, Magadan Oblast, near town of Ust-Omchug (~50 km, or 30 mi)		1940s	1945		?	1955	OC
Slovenia
	Mine		Location		Main owner		Year discovered		Year commenced		Grade %U		Total production (tU)		Year closed		Type of mine
	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				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

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Uranium Mining Production . World Nuclear Association . 16 April 2019 . March 2019.
2. Grade %U: weight percentage of uranium
3. tOre: capacity - tonnes of ore
4. tU: capacity - tonnes of uranium
5. UG - underground; OC - opencast; ISL - in-situ leaching
6. Web site: Don Otto mine, Tonco-Amblayo mining district, San Carlos Department, Salta Province, Argentina.
7. Book: McKay , A. D., Y. Miezitis . AGSO--Geoscience Australia. Australia's Uranium Resources, Geology and Development of Deposits. 2001.
8. Web site: Beverley, Beverley North & Four Mile Mineral Leases . Department for Energy and Mining . . 22 November 2020 . 31 March 2020.
9. Web site: Ranger mine future hangs in balance as ERA nears decision on strategic review. Sydney Morning Herald. 2016-04-17.
10. Not Applicable for ISL mining
11. Web site: Perguntas Frequentes – INB. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302094147/http://www.inb.gov.br/pt-br/LeiAcesso/FAQ.pdf. dead. 2014-03-02. Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil. Portuguese. 16. 2012-10-07.
12. Web site: Cigar Lake. Cameco Corp.. 19 February 2017. 9 February 2017.
13. Web site: McArthur/Key Lake. Cameco Corp.. 21 September 2022. 9 February 2017.
14. Web site: Uranium in Niger and Gabon. 2007-01-05. 2005-06-23. 2007-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20070709014043/http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf110.html. dead.
15. Web site: The Honeymoon Uranium Project . Boss Resources Limited . 17 April 2019 . Subiaco, WA.
16. Web site: Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. 2021-11-25. www.mindat.org.
17. Book: Proulx . Michèle . The Uranium Mining lndustry of the Bancroft Area: an Environmental History and Heritage Assessment . 1997 . Trent University . Peterborough, Ontario . 0-612-21696-9 . 50 . 11 October 2021.
18. Web site: 2020-09-21. Independent Environmental Monitoring Program: Dyno, Bicroft, and Madawaska Mines. 2021-11-25. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. en.
19. Web site: Dyno Mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. 2021-11-25. www.mindat.org.
20. Web site: Greyhawk Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. 2021-11-25. www.mindat.org.
21. Web site: Mineral Deposit Inventory Record MDI31F04SW00036: Greyhawk Mine, Greyhawk. 2021-11-25. www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca.
22. Book: Reynolds, Nila. Bancroft. A Bonanza of Memories. Bancroft Centennial Committee. 1979.
23. Web site: 3 decommissioned uranium mines near Bancroft, Ont. deemed protected, no health impacts: study - Peterborough Globalnews.ca. 2021-11-25. Global News. en-US.
24. Web site: The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb .
25. Web site: PorterGeo Database - Ore Deposit Description .
26. Web site: Uranium in Niger and Gabon. 2007-01-05. 2007-06-23. 2007-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20070709014043/http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf110.html. dead.
27. Average Grade for Mounana, Oklo, Boyindzi and Mikouloungou
28. in tonnes U
29. Total production for Mounana, Oklo, Boyindzi and Mikouloungou
30. Web site: Oklo: Natural Uranium Reactors . 2007-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040603085718/http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/factsheets/doeymp0010.shtml . 2004-06-03 .
31. Gauthier-lafaye, F. . Weber, F. . Ohmoto, H.. 1989-12-01. Natural fission reactors of Oklo. Economic Geology. 84. 8. 2286–2295. 10.2113/gsecongeo.84.8.2286. 1989EcGeo..84.2286G . 2007-06-25.
32. Uranium in concentrate, mined resources without production losses
33. Web site: WISE - Nuclear issues information service. 2007-06-29.
34. Web site: European Commission . Remediation of the low-level radioactive waste tailing pond at Kowary, Poland . 2007-06-28 . 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090320023101/http://ec.europa.eu/energy/nuclear/publications/doc/eur20312_main.pdf . 2009-03-20 . dead.
35. Total production from all the 15 mines
36. Web site: Decommissioning Data - Europe. 2007-06-29.
37. Web site: The walkthrough of the Butugichag camp and mine with pictures.