Where are the operating uranium mining sites in Australia?
Three of Australia’s uranium mining sites are in South Australia. (The only other site in Australia is Ranger in the Northern Territory). The largest operating uranium mine in the world is the copper mine at Olympic Dam near Roxby Downs’. It has 70% copper, 20% uranium and the rest is gold and silver. Another mine is Beverley (near the Flinders Ranges) and there is a proposed mine at Honeymoon near Broken Hill.