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Historically, many prospective Australian uranium mines have been constrained by active antinuclear opposition, but state governments have now approved mine development in Western Australia and Queensland. [17] But it is unlikely that any new projects will enter active development until the market improves. As of 2013 uranium prices are very low.
It was Australia's first uranium mine, [2] years before the country's next major mines at Rum Jungle in the Northern Territory (opened in 1950), and the Mary Kathleen mine in Queensland (1958). [3] This is a List of Australian inquiries and reports relating to uranium mining issues. [4]
Four Mile is the fifth uranium mine in Australia. The deposit was first discovered in 2005 [5] and is the largest uranium discovery in Australia since 1990. [6] In June 2009, Alliance Resources announced that the deposit contained 28,000 tonnes (31,000 short tons) of uranium oxide and the ore was graded at ten times that of Olympic Dam mine and double that of the Ranger mine in the Northern ...
The Beverley Mine is Australia's third uranium mine and Australia's first operating in-situ recovery mine. It is located in South Australia in the gazetted locality of Wooltana about 35 km from Lake Frome at the northern end of the Flinders Ranges. [1] It officially opened in 2001. [2]
Despite Australia's position as the world's fourth-largest producer and holder of one-third of global reserves, uranium mining remains banned in Western Australia and Queensland.
Current active mines in Australia that have as their output - significant quantities of Uranium. Please use Uranium mining... categories where the prospects have not become active mines or for former mines Australia portal; Energy portal
Australia portal Articles and categories about active Uranium mines to Uranium mines... - prospective or former to Uranium mining... The main article for this category is Uranium mining in Australia .
Major active mines in Australia include: Olympic Dam in South Australia, a copper, silver and uranium mine believed to have the world's largest uranium reserve, and in 2018 representing 6% of world production. [citation needed] Super Pit gold mine, which has replaced a number of underground mines at Boulder, Western Australia.