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Olympic Dam, copper-uranium-gold (South Australia)

Roxby Downs (SA), Australia30.44°S 136.88°E
computed criticality13/100
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Largest uranium resource in the world; ≈3,189 t U and ≈322 kt of copper (2024)
2024
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A single deposit in the South Australian desert holds the largest known uranium resource on the planet, extracted as a co-product of copper by BHP. Uranium there is a mining by-product more than a standalone stream: its availability depends on BHP's copper decisions, not on nuclear demand. Tomorrow's atomic fuel sits here alongside the gold and copper of electrification, in the same rock.

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BHP (Melbourne)
Olympic Dam copper refinery
Feeds 2
Copper refining, GuixiGrids & EnergyOrano, Malvési / NarbonneNuclear
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