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Acid Plant Database February 24, 2023
Owner | SWAKOP Uranium Pty Ltd. |
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Location |
HUSAB Site Nambia near the town of Swakopmund in the Erongo region of western-central Namibia |
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Background | - | |
Website | www.swakopuranium.com | |
Plant | Husab Mine | |
Coordinates* | 22° 35' 9" S, 15° 1' 37" E | |
Type of Plant | Sulphur Burning | |
Gas Source | Elemental Sulphur | |
Plant Capacity |
1500 MTPD 500,000 MTPA |
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SA/DA | DA | |
Emissions | - | |
Status | Operating | |
Year Built | 2015 | |
Technology | ENFI | |
Contractor | ENFI | |
Remarks | 5 MW power generation | |
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General | On 1 December 2011, the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy granted license to Swakop Uranium to develop the mine. The Husab Mine uranium is granite hosted. The mine has the potential to produce 15 million pounds (6800 tonnes) of uranium oxide per annum. The Husab mine contains approximately 280 million tonnes of uranium ore. Mining is expected to last nearly 20 years. | |
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News |
February 24, 2023 - Swakop Uranium has said they are
willing to partner with the government to expedite a second desalination
plant at the coast. The company yesterday told Prime Minister Saara
Kuukongelwa-Amadhila that the current water situation the region is
experiencing is a challenge for their business. Executive vice
president of the company Irvinne Simataa revealed they have three more
projects in the pipeline that would create at least 2 000 new jobs.
However, he said they would need at least 300 million cubic metres to make
this a reality. “The N$290 million investment that we want to make
will require an additional amount of 300 million cubic metres of water. At
the moment, we account for 65% of the user at the coast. We have at least
three new projects that need to come online that will require us to employ
another 2 000 people, depending on the availability of water,” Simataa said.
Pondering further on their intention to partner with the government to
fast-track the second desalination plant, Simataa said they are willing to
make such an investment to build, operate and transfer the facility to the
rightful owner. He added the company last year lost 39 production days
due to the sulphuric bloom that added to the water constraints. As a
result, he said, the mine had to make a conscious decision to shut
operations for that period so that water is available to residents. “I
want to highlight that in 2022, we produced 4 000 tonnes, instead of 4 700
tonnes due to the unavailability of water. The majority of those days were
in December,” he explained. Hence, he said, SU is realising that the
water capacity in the region needs to be increased.
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MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day
STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per
Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption
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