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The McArthur River Uranium Mine, in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, is the world's largest high-grade uranium deposit. The mine is owned by Cameco (70%), and Orano Canada (30%) (formerly Areva Resources Canada, formerly COGEMA Resources Inc.) Cameco is the mine operator. In 2012, McArthur River was the world's largest producing uranium mine ...
Mine in Operation as of June 2017 Bienfait Lignite Lignite: Bienfait: Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. Big Quill Lake Potassium Sulphate: Wynyard: Compass Minerals: Boundary Dam Lignite: Estevan: Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. Chaplin: Sodium sulphate: Chaplin: Saskatchewan Minerals Inc. Cigar Lake Mine: Uranium
In 2009, 20% of the world's primary uranium production came from mines in Canada. [2] 14.5% of the world production came from one mine, McArthur River. [3] Currently, the only producing area in Canada is northern Saskatchewan, although other areas have had active mines in the past. [4]
Dyno Mine: Cardiff: Ovintiv: 1958–1960 Fission Mine: Cardiff 1920s–1940s Greyhawk Mine: near Bancroft Ovintiv: 1957–1959, 1976–1982 Madawaska Mine (previously Faraday Mine) Faraday: Ovintiv: 1954–1964, 1975–1982 Elliot Lake: Agnew Lake Mine: Hyman Township Kerr Addison Mines Ltd. 1977–1983 Buckles Mine: near Elliot Lake Rio Algom ...
The Gunnar Mine was an active uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the community of Uranium City and approximately 600 km (370 mi) north of Saskatoon. [1] [2] This mine is situated on the Crackingstone Peninsula on the north shore of Lake Athabasca in the Beaverlodge Uranium ...
World uranium reserves in 2010. Uranium reserves are reserves of recoverable uranium, regardless of isotope, based on a set market price. The list given here is based on Uranium 2020: Resources, Production and Demand, a joint report by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency. [1] Figures are given in metric ...
Rabbit Lake is the second largest uranium milling facility in the western world, and is the longest-operating uranium production facility in Saskatchewan.The facility is located approximately 800 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on the northeast edge of the uranium rich Athabasca Basin.
The Beaverlodge Mine sometimes referred to as the Eldorado Mine or the Beaverlodge Operation was a uranium mine in the community of Eldorado, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Eldorado was a small community 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the community of Uranium City, Saskatchewan in the Beaverlodge Uranium District built by Eldorado Mining and ...