Uranium production is an important part of the African economy, with Niger, Namibia and South Africa creating up to 18% of the world's annual production. Many African countries produce uranium or have untapped uranium ore deposits.
List
Algeria
Angola
Botswana
- Mokobaesi - Letlhakane Project - A-Cap Resources
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Shinkolobwe (closed 2004)
Gabon
- Franceville - Mounana - closed
- Franceville - Oklo - closed
Namibia
- Rössing Namib Desert 65 km from Swakopmund - Rio Tinto
- Langer Heinrich Namib Desert 80 km from Swakopmund - Paladin Energy
- Trekkopje - Areva SA
Niger
- Areva NC currently operates two large mines in the Aïr Mountains of Agadez Region.
- Imouraren - Areva SA
- Niger-Uranium ltd
Nigeria
Main article: Mining in Nigeria § UraniumSouth Africa
- Nufcor, subsidiary of Constellation Energy, which is owned by Goldman Sachs
- Brakpan, Gauteng - Mintails project - AngloGold Ashanti's East Rand Gold and Uranium operation (ERGO) gold and uranium joint venture with DRDGold
- First Uranium, listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange symbol FIU
- Simmer and Jack Mines, listed on Johannesburg Securities Exchange
- sxrUraniumOne (formerly the JSE-listed Aflease Gold) - Dominion project - gold and uranium
See also
- Aluminium in Africa
- Cement in Africa
- Copper in Africa
- Iron ore in Africa
- Platinum in Africa
- Titanium in Africa
- Economy of Africa
- List of uranium mines
- Uranium market
References
- Uranium Commodity Profile
- "Algeria dreams of nuclear energy (Magharebia.com)". www.magharebia.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "afrol News - Angola seeks to increase investments in mining". www.afrol.com. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- Benza, Brian (2008-01-09). "Botswana: Twenty Million Pounds of Uranium Discovered At Mokobaesi". Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone). Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- "ACAP Resources". www.acap.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "Uranium production to double". beta.miningreview.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "French nuclear giant to explore potential of uranium deposit in Niger". Africanews. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- グランのメールレディは安全？口コミはどう？. www.niger-uranium.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- "Forced Action Mixer - History, Types & Manufacturers of Mixers". www.forcedactionmixer.co.uk. February 6, 2020.
- "Goldman puts 'for sale' sign on Iran's old uranium supplier". Reuters. Feb 11, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
- "Home". firsturanium.com.
- "SIMMER & JACK (PTY) LTD | HOME". www.simmers.co.za.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-05-08. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
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External links
- Gabrielle Hecht. An elemental force: Uranium in Africa, and what it means to be nuclear. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. March/April 2012. An elemental force: Uranium production in Africa, and what it means to be nuclear
- AllAfrica News
- WISE Uranium Project - New Uranium Projects - Africa
- Ministry of Energy and Mines, Algeria
- Ministério da Geologia e Minas, of Angola (in Portuguese)
- Ministry of Mines and Energy, Namibia
- Department of Minerals and Energy, South Africa
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