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About 60 percent of the world's production of uranium from mines is from Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan.
Canada produces the largest share of uranium from mines (20.5% of world supply from mines), followed by Kazakhstan (19.4%) and Australia (19.2%).
New Mines
Canada has two major mines likely to come into production in 2011: Cameco's Cigar Lake underground mine is being developed for 2011 start-up. It will truck ore for treatment at McClean Lake and Rabbit Lake mills, 70 km away, eventually to produce 7000 tU/yr. With this and the now-delayed Midwest mine operating, Canadian output could be substantially be concentrated at two mills: McClean Lake producing about 7600 tU and Key Lake 7000 tU per year, with about 3400 t/yr coming from Rabbit Lake. (See also Information Paper on Canada).
In Australia there are plans progressively to increase the uranium output of Olympic Dam, to about 16,000 tonnes U per year, and two smaller ISL mines are due to start production by about 2010. (See also Information Paper on Australia).
In Kazakhstan a number of ISL mines are due to start over the next few years, taking Kazakh uranium production to about 15,000 tU per year by 2010.
With the recovery of uranium prices since about 2003, there is a lot of activity in preparing to open new mines in many countries. The WNA reference scenario projects world uranium demand as about 74,000 tU in 2015, and most of this will need to come directly from mines (in 2007 36% came from secondary sources).
India has signed agreements with countries like kazakhstan,russia,canada,niger,mongolia,namibia with south africa expressing willingness to supply uranium to india.All these in total have 53% of world's uranium.its simple economics here,even USA will supply uranium to india after india signs the nuclear liability bill,so all i can see is a big loss for aussies.who cares.
About 60 percent of the world's production of uranium from mines is from Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan.
Canada produces the largest share of uranium from mines (20.5% of world supply from mines), followed by Kazakhstan (19.4%) and Australia (19.2%).
New Mines
Canada has two major mines likely to come into production in 2011: Cameco's Cigar Lake underground mine is being developed for 2011 start-up. It will truck ore for treatment at McClean Lake and Rabbit Lake mills, 70 km away, eventually to produce 7000 tU/yr. With this and the now-delayed Midwest mine operating, Canadian output could be substantially be concentrated at two mills: McClean Lake producing about 7600 tU and Key Lake 7000 tU per year, with about 3400 t/yr coming from Rabbit Lake. (See also Information Paper on Canada).
In Australia there are plans progressively to increase the uranium output of Olympic Dam, to about 16,000 tonnes U per year, and two smaller ISL mines are due to start production by about 2010. (See also Information Paper on Australia).
In Kazakhstan a number of ISL mines are due to start over the next few years, taking Kazakh uranium production to about 15,000 tU per year by 2010.
With the recovery of uranium prices since about 2003, there is a lot of activity in preparing to open new mines in many countries. The WNA reference scenario projects world uranium demand as about 74,000 tU in 2015, and most of this will need to come directly from mines (in 2007 36% came from secondary sources).
India has signed agreements with countries like kazakhstan,russia,canada,niger,mongolia,namibia with south africa expressing willingness to supply uranium to india.All these in total have 53% of world's uranium.its simple economics here,even USA will supply uranium to india after india signs the nuclear liability bill,so all i can see is a big loss for aussies.who cares.