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25 km S.W. of Uranium City: Saskatchewan Research Council [1] Lorado Mine: 8 km south of Uranium City Saskatchewan Research Council Cluff Lake Mine: 75 km south of Lake Athabasca: Orano Canada: Beaverlodge Mine: Eldorado: Cameco
In 1980 the province of British Columbia introduced a seven-year ban on uranium mining and exploration, which was not renewed. [10] In 2008, the government established a "no registration reserve" under the Mineral Tenure Act for uranium and thorium. This excludes uranium and thorium from any mineral licences in the province.
The Nuclear industry (as distinct from the uranium industry) in Canada dates back to 1942 when a joint British-Canadian laboratory was set up in Montreal, Quebec, under the administration of the National Research Council of Canada, to develop a design for a heavy-water nuclear reactor.
Annual production (tOre) Annual production (tU) Type of mine Caetité: Lagoa Real province, Bahia State: Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil: 1977 [11] 1999 [11] 0.25: 400: OC Canada: Mine Location Main owner Year discovered Year commenced Grade %U Annual production (tOre) Annual production (tU) Type of mine Cigar Lake: Saskatchewan: Cameco: 1981: ...
The 1980s and 1990s saw a "prolonged slump" in Canadian mining, whereas the 2000s and 2010s were largely boom periods. [25] Saskatchewan alone produces approximately 15 percent of the world's uranium. [26] The metal was first discovered in the province in the 1930s, and had become Canada's most valuable resource export by the 1950s. [26]
Canada's uranium miners, confident that only they can meet U.S. demand for the element after Russian supply curbs, have accelerated output and forward contracts to supply U.S energy companies, but ...
The Athabasca Basin is a region in the Canadian Shield of northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada. It is best known as the world's leading source of high-grade uranium and currently supplies about 20% of the world's uranium. [1] The basin is located just to the south of Lake Athabasca, west of Wollaston Lake, and encloses almost all of Cree ...
The following lists of mines in Canada are subsidiaries to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output and province. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.