The uranium had been stolen from the Trekkopje mine operated by Areva Resources Namibia [1,3,5]. Police had been alerted by Areva a day after the barrels were found missing [4]. Suspects Ivan Jeffery (23), Onesmus Steven (40), Phillipus Shikukutu (40) and Zimbabwean national, Joseph Changing (29), appeared before local court on 30 August and 9 ...

The Trekkopje mine is a shallow open pit mine which has been under care and maintenance since 2012. It is located at Trekkopje in the western part of Namibia in Erongo Region.Trekkopje represents one of the largest uranium reserves in Namibia, having estimated reserves of 340 million tonnes of ore grading 0.014% uranium.. References

In 2007, France's state-controlled nuclear giant Areva bought UraMin's Trekkopje uranium mine in Namibia at the height of a uranium bull market, for US$2,5 billion. This sale included its mineral ...

areVa’s mining activities are upstream from the nuclear fuel cycle. they are key to the integrated model of the group, the world’s No. 1 uranium producer. Uranium ... Trekkopje is a marathon being run at the speed of a 100-meter dash. Everything is exceptional in this project: first, the very low

Orano dates back to 1976 when based on the production division of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires (COGEMA, now Orano Cycle) was created.In 2001, COGEMA was merged with Framatome and CEA Industrie to form Areva.. In 2016, due to financial difficulties, Areva initiated a restructuring process.

Trekkopje, an opencast mine, which is aiming to produce some 6.5 million lb of uranium oxide a year, will come on stream in early 2010. This will be followed by Canada’s Forsys Metals’ Valencia mine later in the year. Valencia mine is expected to produce 2.9 million pounds of uranium oxide a year over an 11 year life-of-mine. Areva has ...

In Namibia, AREVA has a large scale emerging uranium project called Trekkopje Mine, in the vicinity of the town of Swakopmund. The Trekkopje deposit is a shallow, high tonnage, low grade uranium deposit hosted by calcretised palaeochannels.

Aug 19, 2013· The desalination plant was built to supply potable water to the Trekkopje mine. However, the drop in uranium demand as well as correspondingly lower prices after the Fukushima accident led Areva to slow down development of the Trekkopje project in October 2011.

Apr 16, 2010· The Trekkopje mining project remains the largest direct foreign investment ever made in Namibia and a particularly strategic project for the AREVA group. With a forecasted average annual production of 3,000 tons of uranium, the Trekkopje mine will bring a significant contribution to the group’s uranium mining activity.

The McClean Lake mill opened in 1999 and underwent a period of care and maintenance from 2010 to 2014. In October, 2014, coinciding with our celebration of 50 years in Canada, the McClean Lake restart began with the processing of all ore from the newly opened Cigar Lake mine located 80 kilometres away.

Jul 01, 2009· A pipeline to carry desalinated water 65 kilometres across the Namib Desert from the Atlantic coast to Uramin’s Trekkopje uranium mine in Namibia is under construction. The pumps which will feed the mine have been ordered. Competing against stiff international competition, pump distributor Salmson South Africa, a subsidiary of the Wilo group, won the multi-million rand contract to supply the ...

Trekkopje Mine Environmental Management Plan 2016 3 1 Introduction 1.1 AIM OF THE EMP The purpose of this Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for Trekkopje mine is to list the actions to be imple-mented by the project proponent AREVA Resources Namibia (ARN) that will both mitigate and monitor the impacts

The other Nigerien mine, COMINAK, also turned in an outstanding performance, with 512 tU as AREVA’s share and a total of 1,506 tU. The McArthur–Key Lake teams produced 2,270 tU as AREVA’s share, 108 tons more than initially targeted. The Trekkopje site (Namibia) produced 251 tons.

Trekkopje mine. Trekkopje mine, a currently unused Uranium mine of Areva is situated about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the mountain. Trekkopje desalination plant is in turn named after the mine, as it was built to provide the mine with water. The desalination plant is …

AREVA Trekkopje Mine November 2007 – Present 12 years. The position I am presently in is to manage the health, safety, radiaiton exposure, emergency services and Security of Trekkopje Mine. This ...

The largest substation is the intake substation at the mine, the 220/132/33 kV Trekkopje open-yard substation, which is the first of the four substations to be built. The 220 kV primary plant is being supplied by AREVA Transmission & Distribution (T&D) in Europe.

On the Trekkopje Mine development, which Areva has put on care and maintenance, Mbako said this situation will only change when the price of uranium improves. The plant is located 30 km north of ...

To achieve these goals I worked with the Area Project Manager and answered directly to the Trekkopje Mine Manager (General Manager). When I joined AREVA, there was no safety system in place.

The Trekkopje Mine is situated 70 km northeast of Swakopmund in the Erongo Region. Since 2005, the calcrete-hosted deposit has been developed in three phases, as it presents a technical challenge due to its low uranium content and the use of alkaline heap leaching. On 3 October 2017, a new safety milestone of five years without lost-time injury ...

Oct 12, 2012· At the end of 2011 Areva announced write-downs of EUR1.5 billion in relation to the African mining operations and specifically Trekkopje, and …

The company has demonstrated the reliability of the technical solutions chosen for the Trekkopje site, located northeast of the town of Swakopmund. Mining of this deposit has been suspended while awaiting improvement in the uranium market. A desalination plant has been built to supply water to the mine.

Trekkopje Water Supply Scheme. Project Name: Trekkopje Water Supply Scheme for the Uramin Trekkopje Mine in Namibia Client: Areva KCE Involvement: Sub-consultant to BICON Namibia. BICON Namibia was the sub-consultant to the principal consultant TURGIS Consulting.

Dec 12, 2017· UraMin was owner of the Trekkopje uranium mine before it was bought by French nuclear giant Areva in 2007. Since 2014, Tilahun has been wanting to take control of the seawater desalination unit originally built to provide fresh water to the Trekkopje mine. The mine was put on care and maintenance in 2012 .

Mar 25, 2015· SWAKOPMUND, 25 MAR (NAMPA) - Mining operations at the closed Trekkopje Uranium mine will resume as the price of uranium continues to recover internationally, Areva Resources Namibia says. The Trekkopje Uranium mine is located approximately 65 kilometres north-east of Swakopmund in the Erongo Region. Mining operations at Trekkopje started in ...

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The report highlights Areva’s involvement in local, regional and national community programmes to the tune of N$2 million, despite the fact that it is spending N$100 million annually on its care and maintenance programme for Trekkopje mine since 2013 – with no returns on uranium production.

Areva quoted 45,600 tU resources in 2008, but then revised this to 26,000 tU in 2011 at lower grades, as it announced a massive EUR 1.8 billion write-down of its investment. Over 9000 tonnes of vanadium pentoxide by-product was envisaged. The mine was intended to produce 3200 tU/yr from 2013.

Dec 12, 2011· But Areva has no one to blame but itself for problems with UraMin’s Trekkopje project in Namibia. The company said Monday it lowered the resource estimate on the deposit to …

Oct 12, 2012· "The Trekkopje mine nevertheless is a strategic asset for Areva and the group will reassess the economic situation on a regular basis," the company said. Areva inaugurated Namibia's first seawater desalination plant in April 2010.