Uranium Mines Closure in India causes Nuclear Fuel Loss

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Exploration, Mining, Marketing, & Acquisitions

Date posted: 12/27/14

The temporary shut down of the two mines led to a loss of production equivalent to about 19.1 tonnes uranium ore, which would have produced about 860 million units of electricity. At a time when India is trying to ramp up its uranium import, its own domestic production of the yellow cake has declined by 10-15 per cent after operations in the country oldest and richest uranium mines in Jaduguda and Bhatin were shut down. Jaduguda mine, one of the deepest underground mines in the country, had run uninterrupted since 1968. It has a depth of nearly 3,000 feet and had been daily producing 700 tonnes of relatively high-grade ore.