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Uranium production is an important part of the African economy, with Niger, Namibia, Libya and South Africa creating up to 18% of the world's annual production. Many African countries produce uranium or have untapped uranium ore deposits.[1]ListAlgeriaAngolaBotswana- Mokobaesi - Letlhakane Project - A-Cap Resources[4][5]
Democratic Republic of the Congo- Kolwezi
- Shinkolobwe - mine closed 2004
GabonSeveral closed uranium mines exist in 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[6]
Niger- see Valerie Plame affair
- Areva NC currently operates two large mines in the Aïr Mountains of Agadez Region.
- Arlit, Areva NC
- Iferouane, Areva NC
- Imouraren - Areva SA[7]
- Niger-Uranium ltd[8]
Nigeria- Mining in Nigeria#Uranium
South Africa- Nufcor, subsidiary of Constellation Energy, which is owned by Goldman Sachs[9][10]
- 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[11]
- Simmer and Jack Mines, listed on Johannesburg Securities Exchange[12]
- sxrUraniumOne (formerly the JSE-listed Aflease Gold) - Dominion project - gold and uranium[13]
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
References1. ^http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=1409 | Uranium Commodity Profile 2. ^http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2005/10/03/feature-01 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.afrol.com/articles/18320|title=afrol News - Angola seeks to increase investments in mining|website=www.afrol.com|access-date=2017-09-18}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200801090850.html|title=Botswana: Twenty Million Pounds of Uranium Discovered At Mokobaesi|last=Benza|first=Brian|date=2008-01-09|work=Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)|access-date=2017-09-18}} 5. ^http://www.acap.com.au/companyprofile.htm 6. ^http://beta.miningreview.com/node/12757 7. ^http://beta.miningreview.com/node/12757 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.niger-uranium.com/|title=グランのメールレディは安全?口コミはどう?|website=www.niger-uranium.com|language=ja|access-date=2017-09-18}} 9. ^http://www.nufcor.co.uk/ 10. ^{{Cite web|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/11/us-goldman-uranium-insight-idUSBREA1A0RX20140211|title = Goldman puts 'for sale' sign on Iran's old uranium supplier|date = Feb 11, 2014 |accessdate = 2014-12-01|website = Reuters|publisher = |last = |first = }} 11. ^http://www.firsturanium.com 12. ^http://www.simmers.co.za 13. ^http://www.miningreview.com/archive/mra_6_2005/pdf/38-39.pdf
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.
- AllAfrica News
- WISE Uranium Project - New Uranium Projects - Africa
- Ministry of Energy and Mines, Algeria
- Ministério da Geologia e Minas, of Angola {{pt icon}}
- Ministry of Mines and Energy, Namibia
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090103185805/http://www.dme.gov.za/ Department of Minerals and Energy, South Africa]
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