The Rössing uranium mine in Namibia is the longest-running and one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world. It is located in the Namib Desert...
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The Husab Mine (formerly the Rössing South Mine), operated under the Husab Uranium Project, is a uranium mine near the town of Swakopmund in the Erongo...
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Mining in Namibia (redirect from Otjihase mine)
markets by Rio Tinto Uranium; Rössing shareholders had no offtake rights. Earlier this decade, Rössing had announced that the Rössing Mine would be closed...
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pursuit to mine uranium. The Rössing mine contains the largest uranium deposit in the world associated with an igneous rock. Rössing Uranium is owned by...
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camp for workers of the nearby Rössing uranium mine, Arandis was declared a town in 1994. Arandis has been called the Uranium Capital of the World as it is...
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fourth uranium mine—the Honeymoon Uranium Mine. The Rössing Uranium Mine located in Namibia is the world's longest-operating open-pit uranium mine. The...
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ISBN 9991670947. Uranium in groundwater 'not serious': Roessing - The Namibian, Friday 24 June 2005 "Rössing in the Erongo Region". Rössing Uranium Limited. Archived...
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Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents (redirect from Uranium leak)
13th)". Tepco.co.jp. WISE Uranium Project. "Issues at Rössing Uranium Mine, Namibia". World Information Service on Energy, Uranium Project. Retrieved 7 April...
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Rio Tinto (corporation) (redirect from Riotinto Mines)
uranium. Rio Tinto's uranium operations were located at two mines: the Ranger Uranium Mine of Energy Resources of Australia and the Rössing uranium mine...
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fuel. Uranium, the most common fission fuel, is present in the ground at relatively low concentrations and mined in 19 countries. This mined uranium is used...
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top producing mines included the McArthur River uranium mine at 7400 tU, the Ranger Uranium Mine at 4423 tU, the Rössing uranium mine at 3574 tU, the...
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Kazakhstan have been producing the largest share of world uranium. The largest conventional uranium mines are Cigar Lake and McArthur River (Canada); Ranger...
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shops. With the opening of the Rössing uranium mine in 1976, Swakopmund changed its shape once again. While this mine 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the east...
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and airport also provide service to the Rössing Uranium Mine, one of the world's largest open-pit uranium mines. The Arandis non-directional beacon (Ident:...
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supply the dams along the Spöl river were used from 1938 to 1962. The Rössing Uranium Mine in Namibia installed a trolley assist system around 1986. The diesel...
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imports uranium from Namibia, Rössing Uranium Mine owned by Rio Tinto. Rössing Mine do not allow any visitors in the mine area and do not answer any questions...
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capital Ulan Bator Rossing – uranium mine Macraes Mine – gold mine in Central Otago Martha Mine – gold mine in Waihi Panguna mine – copper mine in Bougainville...
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schools of South-West Africa. In 1976 due to the opening of the Rössing Uranium Mine a lot of development took place in Swakopmund and new schools were...
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Economy of Namibia (section Uranium)
produced 11% of uranium worldwide in 2020, making it the second largest producer of Uranium after Kazakhstan. Namibia is home to two uranium mines (Langer Heinrich...
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List of companies in the nuclear sector (category Uranium mining)
the nuclear power industry that are active along the nuclear chain, from uranium mining, processing and enrichment, to the actual operating of nuclear power...
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12%. Uranium has been mined in every continent except Antarctica. Uranium mining in the DRC ceased in 2004 with the closure of the Shinkolobwe mine. Uranium...
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interest in the Rössing uranium mine in South West Africa. However, due to international pressure, it is never allowed to collect any uranium from this outside...
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but no economic deposits have been found to date. Alaska's only uranium mine, Ross-Adams, was discovered in 1955 by an airborne gamma radiation survey...
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country in 1981. He worked in various managerial positions at the Rössing uranium mine from 1983 to 1989. Following Namibia's independence, Ngavirue became...
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Vattenfall imports uranium from Namibia, Rössing Uranium Mine owned by Rio Tinto. Rössing Mine do not allow any visitors in the mine area and do not answer...
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Mineral industry of Africa (redirect from Uranium mining in Africa)
African uranium mine production increased by 7% compared to 2000. Most of the increase was attributable to higher production at the Rossing uranium mine in...
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Depleted uranium (DU), also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy, or D-38, is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235U than...
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planner at the Rössing Uranium Mine in Arandis, which lasted until 1980. In that year, he became industrial relations officer at the Mine, which lasted...
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apartheid South Africa, because Urenco had been importing uranium ore from the Rössing mine in Namibia. The case was expected to be ready by the end of...
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Uranium ore deposits are economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within Earth's crust. Uranium is one of the most common elements in Earth's...
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