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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Uranium mines in Australia, Uranium mines in Canada, Uranium mines in Kazakhstan, Uranium mines in Namibia, Uranium mines in Romania, Uranium mines in South Africa, Uranium mines in the United States, List of uranium mines, Yazd, Ranger Uranium Mine, Radium Hill, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Four Mile uranium mine, Shinkolobwe, Olympic Dam, South Australia, Sillamae, Malargue, Blyvooruitzicht, Viola R. MacMillan, Rossing Uranium Mine, Key Lake, Jabiluka, Mounana, Ambrosia Lake, Browns polymetallic ore deposit, Midnite Mine, Beverley Uranium Mine, Eldorado Mine, Rayrock Mine, Cigar Lake Mine, Kolwezi, Rabbit Lake mine, Jadugora, McArthur River uranium mine, Buckles Mine, Stanleigh Mine, Pronto Mine, Milliken Mine, Gunnar Mine, Nordic Mine, Spanish American Mine, Oklo, Athabasca Basin, Mailuu-Suu, Nabarlek Uranium Mine, McClean Lake mine, Sonbong, Lacnor Mine, Can-Met Mine, Quirke Mine, Denison Mine, Kvanefjeld, Panel Mine, Uchkuduk, Mary Kathleen, Queensland, Stanrock Mine, Crow Butte, Smith Ranch-Highland, Madawaska Mine, Cluff Lake mine, Lorado Mine, Inkai Uranium Project, Honeymoon Uranium Mine, Mount Fitch, Climax Uranium Mill, B i a mine, Crucea - Botu ana mine, Atlas Uranium Mill. Excerpt: Uranium mining is presently carried out in more than 25 countries around the world. An estimated 100 or more uranium mines in different stages of development are reported. Major uranium mines are located in Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan that contribute more than half of world's uranium production. The largest mines are McArthur river (Canada), Ranger (Australia), Olympic dam (Australia), Krasnokamensk (Russia) and Rossing (Namibia). The largest uranium producers are Cameco, Rio Tinto, Areva, KazAtomProm and ARMZ-TVEL. The mining methods employed are conventional underground (UG) and open cast (OC) (62%), in-situ leachin...
