An extraction plant that began pilot operation last year has produced 20 kg of yellowcake from about 160 tonnes of uranium ore with large-scale production planned for the near future, the Jordanian Uranium Mining Company said, according to press reports.
Mohammad Shunnaq, general manager of the state-owned Jumco, said the factory would produce “tens of kilogrammes” of yellowcake from processing hundreds of tonnes of ore over the next few months.
He said Jordan had large uranium reserves and that its central area alone, about 80 km south of the capital Amman, was home to around 42,000 tonnes of uranium oxide. According to the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, Jordan has estimated conventional uranium reserves of 140,000 tonnes.
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