Mines & Extraction · mine

Rössing

Namibia · Open pit

Opened
1976
Region
Erongo Region
Status
Active
Country
Namibia
Notes
The longest-running open-pit uranium mine, on very low-grade ore around 0.03 % — economic only at enormous scale.
Type
Open pit
Latitude
-22.48
Longitude
15.03

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