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Ranger uranium mine

Ranger uranium mine, Australia. Closed, open pit, mining uranium.

Why Ranger uranium mine is famous

Pit mining ended in 2012, stockpile feed ran 2013 to 2021, and production ceased in January 2021. Rehabilitation was due January 2026; I could not confirm the position after that.1,2,3,4

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Ranger uranium mine today

Where uranium is mined todayMining in Australia

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An example ofOlympic DamRanger stopped production in January 2021. Olympic Dam still makes 3.6 kt of uranium.1

Sources

  1. Australia's Identified Mineral Resources, uranium (Ranger) Geoscience Australia
  2. Wikidata entity Q1413953
  3. Ranger Uranium Mine Wikidata
  4. Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025 Rio Tinto (SEC)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Pictures: The laboratories of Marie and Pierre Curie, Paris: room where experiments on uranium ore took place. Photograph, ca. 1900., Unknown (Wellcome Collection) (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Elektrisk malmletning. Undersökningar på Billiton, 1920., Okänd / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).