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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.
This contains lists of countries by uranium production. The first two lists are compiled by the World Nuclear Association , and measures uranium production by tonnes mined. The last list is compiled by TradeTech, a consulting company which specializes in the nuclear fuel market.
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 ...
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: Cigar Lake Mine: Athabasca Basin: Cameco: McArthur River uranium mine: Athabasca Basin: Cameco: McClean Lake mine ...
Uranium-related stocks have also been on fire. Shares of Canadian giant Cameco have gained 83% over the past year. Kazatomprom, which trades on the London stock exchange, is up more than 60% over ...
The Langer Heinrich calcrete uranium deposit was discovered in 1973 and an open pit mine officially opened in 2007, producing until 2018, when the Paladin Energy-China National Nuclear Corporation joint venture was placed on care and maintenance, due to a sustained low uranium price. Production in 2017 was 1,882 tonnes (4,149,000 lb) of U 3 O 8 ...
Canadian miner Cameco, one of the world's biggest publicly listed uranium miners, told Reuters it hopes there is "unencumbered" trade in nuclear goods and services between Canada and the U.S. as ...
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 ...