Husab opencast mine
| Husab | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Open pit | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | Swakop uranium | ||
| Employees | about 1000 | ||
| Start of operation | 2014 | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | uranium | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 22 ° 34 '39 " S , 15 ° 3' 11" E | ||
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| Location | Husab | ||
| region | Erongo | ||
| Country | Namibia | ||
The open pit Husab ( English Husab mine ) is a uranium opencast mine in Namibia . The open pit is located 14 kilometers northwest of the Husab Mountains not far from the Khan Rivier . Husab is the fourth largest uranium deposit in the world. According to the operator Swakop Uranium , the open pit mine is to become the second largest uranium mine in the world in the final stage of expansion.
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In 2008 the Husab uranium deposit was discovered during exploration work. After further exploration work and the preparation of an environmental impact study, the Namibian Ministry of the Environment granted approval for the further development of the deposit in 2011. A feasibility study was also carried out in 2011 with a positive result. With an annual production of 15 million t of ore, around 6800 t of uranium oxide (U 3 O 8 ) are to be extracted from the opencast mine . The mining permit was granted on December 1, 2011. On November 12, 2012, the construction of the infrastructure and the daytime facilities , which are being built by a joint venture between AMEC and Tenova Bateman, began. The total construction time should be 34 months and the first uranium oxide should leave processing in 2015. On June 28, 2013 the first large trucks were delivered. In January 2014, the first five dump trucks and a backhoe were installed, and shortly afterwards the mine was connected to the power grid. On March 12, 2014, the opening of the mine began with the first demolition; the opening ceremony took place on May 8, 2014.
The first yellow cake was produced on December 30, 2016 .
The tipper fleet in 2020 consisted of 23 Komatsu 960E and 3 NHL NTE330. The six excavators are from Caterpillar - three CAT 6060s and CAT 7495 each.
Web links
- Website of the mining company (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Husab confirmed as 4th biggest uranium deposit. (No longer available online.) In: The Namibian. June 8, 2011, archived from the original on July 24, 2014 ; accessed on July 16, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. }
- ^ Husab Uranium Project. Overview. Swakop Uranium, archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved July 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Milestones. Swakop Uranium, archived from the original on July 20, 2014 ; Retrieved July 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Husab produces its first Yellow Cake. In: Namib Times. namibtimes.net, January 17, 2017, accessed on January 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Operations Overview. In: swakopuranium.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
