Today Australia's share of the world's uranium resources in the low cost category is about 27%. Other countries with major uranium deposits are Canada, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Namibia, Brazil and the USA.
Estimated Recoverable Resources* of Uranium
tonnes U3O8 percentage of world Australia 889,000 27% Kazakhstan 558,000 17% Canada 511,000 15% South Africa 334,000 11% Namibia 256,000 8% Brazil 232,000 7% Russian Fed. 157,000 5% USA 125,000 4% Uzbekistan 125,000 4% World total 3,340,000
* Reasonably Assured Resources plus Estimated Additional Resources - category 1, to US$ 80/kg U, at 1/1/99, from Uranium: Resources, Production and Demand 1999, OECD NEA and IAEA, July 2000. Brazil, Kazakhstan and Russian figures above are 75% of in situ totals.
- Forums
- ASX - General
- australia highest uranium share
australia highest uranium share
Featured News
Featured News
The Watchlist
VMM
VIRIDIS MINING AND MINERALS LIMITED
Rafael Moreno, CEO
Rafael Moreno
CEO
SPONSORED BY The Market Online