Rössing uranium mine
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r-ssing-uranium-mine-176-11876667
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Rössing uranium mine
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The Rössing uranium mine in Namibia is the longest-running and one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world. It is located in the Namib Desert near the town of Arandis, 70 kilometres from the coastal town of Swakopmund. Discovered in 1928, the Rössing mine started operations in 1976. In 2005, it produced 3,711 tonnes of uranium oxide, becoming the fifth-largest uranium mine with 8 per cent of global output. Namibia is the world's fourth-largest exporter of uranium. In the apartheid era
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Open-pit uranium mine in Namibia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6ssing_uranium_mine
date created:
2006-04-05T15:30:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T18:37:29Z
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