— Across Australia, the status of uranium mining sites illustrate the process of resource extraction. Given the relatively short time frame of uranium depletion, Australia must grapple with the repercussions of …

 — Uranium mining occurs in other states but has been prohibited by the WA government since 2017. ... "Australia has exported uranium for a very long time, and I think it's really important to look ...

 — Market cap: US$135.42 billion. Mining major BHP owns and operates Australia's Olympic Dam mine, considered one of the world's largest uranium deposits.While the site is included in the company ...

Australia is the third largest uranium producer in the world. In 2014-15, Australia exported 5,515 tonnes of uranium oxide concentrate valued at $532 million. The majority of Australia's uranium is produced in South Australia, which accounted for 3,893 tonnes of U3O8 in 2014-15.

 — Uranium explorers are calling on Australian state governments to lift bans on mining the fuel, which is set for a long-term jump in demand as decarbonization spurs a nuclear energy revival.

 — Australia's uranium export revenue from 1977 to December A$2019 was A$29.4 billion. Lithium has now overtaken uranium in export revenue – from 2017 to 2019, lithium earned Australia two to ...

 — Western Australia, which opened up to uranium mining in 2008, has now implemented a 'no uranium' condition on future mining leases, permitting only the four previously approved projects to proceed. Bizarrely, it states in a government-issued fact sheet 'the State Government would prefer that no uranium is mined in the State'.

 — In 1954 Australia's first large-scale uranium mine officially opened at Rum Jungle, 100 kilometres south of Darwin. Until it closed in 1971, the mine supplied the US and British nuclear weapons programs. ... Uranium mining at Rum Jungle. In 1952 representatives from the United States and Britain visited Australia to discuss the …

 — Key points: Just one out of four proposed uranium mines in Western Australia is to proceed after time limits expire; In 2017, Labor banned future uranium mining, giving the four approved projects ...

 — Uranium has thrived in recent years, gaining traction in 2020 and 2021 while most of the world was at a standstill due to COVID-19. Prices for the energy fuel have continued to climb since then ...

 — It was Australia's longest continually operating uranium oxide producer until mining ceased in 2021. Clean-up of the site is now underway, with site rehabilitation legally required to be completed ...

 — The injustice of uranium mining in Kakadu National Park is not the only one in Australia against aboriginal communities. By 2019, the Ranger uranium mine is facing enormous rehabilitation costs. ...

Ranger Mine was Australia's longest continually operating uranium mine, which provided international customers in the global energy market with a safe and reliable supply of uranium ore concentrate (U 3 O 8, or UOC) for the four decades since production began. Ranger Mine produced in excess of 132,000 tonnes of UOC, making it one of three …

Uranium in South Australia. South Australia is a major exporter of uranium oxide and attracts many companies (including global majors) to explore, develop and mine uranium. South Australia hosts: approximately 80% of Australia's economic demonstrated resources of uranium. approximately 23% of the world's uranium resources.

 — Last month's announcement that Energy Resources Australia will pull the plug on the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory signals the end of one of the most controversial chapters in ...

 — The Australian government has intervened to block a renewed attempt to mine under Kakadu National Park in the country's Northern Territory, all but ending a …

 — Overall, the future of uranium mining in Australia looks bright. By being innovative, sustainable, and actively involving stakeholders, the industry can overcome uncertainties and make the most of …

After five decades of uranium mining, Australia still has the world's largest uranium resources recoverable at low-cost (less than US$40/kg U, or US$15/lb U 3 O 8). In April 2005, these remaining low-cost resources amounted to 826 650 t U 3 O 8 (= 701 000 t U), or roughly 40% of world resources in this category. Australia's ...

In what was a blow to the Australian sector Canadian-based Uranium One announced it was to place the Honeymoon mine in South Australia into care and maintenance, cutting production and jobs. "This is not a closure phase, so the option to reopen is there," said Kuzma Otto, the company's vice president. It was …

 — The Yeelirrie uranium mine is the latest instalment in Australia's long tradition of ignoring the dignity and welfare of Aboriginal communities in the pursuit of nuclear fuel.

 — In 2022, Australia had two producing uranium mines: Olympic Dam and Four Mile, both in South Australia. The Honeymoon Mine (Boss Energy) in South Australia, which has been in care and maintenance since 2013, has announced plans to re-start uranium …

According to GlobalData, Australia is the world's fourth-largest producer of uranium in 2023, with output up by 4% on 2022. Over the five years to 2022, production from Australia decreased by a CAGR of 8.58% and is expected to rise by …

 — For example, in April this year Western Australia's (WA) state government approved the first new uranium mine since it lifted a six-year, Labour-imposed uranium mining ban in 2008. However, across to the east of the country Queensland's state government announced a reinstatement of a uranium mining ban that had stood in place …

The mining of uranium in Australia commenced 1954. However, small amounts of radium had been mined at Radium Hill in South Australia since the 1930s. Two uranium mines operate today in Australia, Ranger in the Northern Territory and Olympic Dam in South Australia. All uranium produced is exported for nuclear power generation.

 — The mining of uranium has been a hot topic in Australia since the 1970s. Concerns about the safety of nuclear power and storage of nuclear waste, and a growing international stockpile of nuclear weapons, have sparked much discussion about Australia's role in supplying fuel for the nuclear industry.

Learn about Australia's uranium resources, production, exports and nuclear safeguards policy. Find out the latest statistics, trends and challenges for the uranium industry in Australia and its global markets.

 — How the income generated by uranium mining is distributed is indicated by analysing the principal payments by Ranger Uranium and Energy Resources of Australia over a three-year period, 1982/83-1984/85.

In 2021, Australia had two producing uranium mines: Olympic Dam and Four Mile, both in South Australia. Australian supply of uranium is set to decrease by approximately 20 per cent in the medium term, due to the …

 — The holes targeted uranium mineralisation at the Angelo A prospect, where no drilling has been undertaken in the last 40 years, and confirmed the down-dip continuation of the mineralisation. The best …

 — Section 3 describes the global producers of uranium, their production capacity by year, location, and the current scenario of uranium mining in Australia. Section 4 describes the sustainability issues about uranium mining in Australia that are reported from open literature, as Australia has the highest deposit of uranium mining throughout the ...