| Nam 4th biggest uranium producer |
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| Friday,May 15,2009 Posted: 22:38 BJT(38 GMT) |
| From:the Namibian Article type:Redistributed |
Nam 4th biggest uranium producer
(The Namibian, May 06, 2009)
Jo-Mare Duddy
Namibia has overtaken Russia as the fourth biggest uranium supplier in the world, on track to meet its target of becoming the world’s third largest supplier by 2015.
According to a report by Cameco, the world’s top uranium producer, Namibia accounted for ten per cent of global uranium supply last year.
Russia supplied eight per cent, while Kazakhstan and Australia each supplied 19 per cent. The biggest supplier in the world was Canada, with 21 per cent.
Uranium exports in 2007 totalled more than N$4.1 billion, 168 per cent up from the previous year, representing 16.5 per cent of Namibia’s overall export for the year. Growth continued last year, with the export value of uranium increasing by 31.4 per cent to N$5.2 billion.
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