AREVA has clipped its Trekkopje uranium project's budget by about U$50 million (N$420m) for 2012, according Areva Resources Namibia managing director, Alain L'Hour. He said the "slowing down" by ...

Sébastien de Montessus, Areva's former mining branch head, has been charged with corruption in relation to Areva's purchase of Canada's UraMin, which owned the Trekkopje mine in Namibia. ... UraMin bought the company that held the mineral rights to the promising Trekkopje mine for US$4 million in June 2005.

The executive board of France’s Areva announced the company’s biggest ever net loss of EUR 2.42 billion on March 2 ().And in July the French nuclear energy giant will face another test that will be crucial for its future performance: results of the pilot phase of the uranium mine project at Trekkopje …

France's Areva will put its Trekkopje project in Namibia on care and maintenance until such time as market conditions for uranium improves. Areva has been struggling financially since the March ...

Areva's Trekkopje uranium mine will go into production in the first quarter of 2013; a year later than was initially expected. Rumoured reasons for the delay, that the mine was "pulling out of Namibia" for the next two years because of alleged problems with the desalination plant north of …

No. 39 SRK Consulting’s International Newsletter news Focus on Uranium. Final Design of the Trekkopje Heap Leach Pad SRK was retained by UraMin Inc. (now AREVA Resources Southern Africa) for the final design of the heap leach pad at the Trekkopje Mine in Namibia. The goal was to perform a geotechnical site investigation

In June 2008 Namibia saw the biggest foreign direct investment in its history when French nuclear group Areva received the go-ahead for the Trekkopje mine 70 km east of Swakopmund. Trekkopje, an opencast mine, which is aiming to produce some 6.5 million lb of uranium oxide a year, will come on stream in early 2010.

The position I am presently in is to manage the health, safety, radiaiton exposure, emergency services and Security of Trekkopje Mine. This includes the contractors who work on the operation and contractors who carry out construction.

Also, Areva's Trekkopje mine has been put on the backburner as the industry awaits higher uranium prices that would in turn make uranium mining a much more profitable venture. (New Era Feb. 5, 2013)

SRK were carefully selected for the task with a view to providing a broad range of inputs to support the development of the business from a very early stage and remained an integral part of the process through to the eventual sale to AREVA.

Construction activities were winding down in early 2013 and at the end of June 2013, Trekkopje mine entered a care and maintenance phase, meaning that 110 employees had to be retrenched. Currently, AREVA Namibia has only 50 employees.

According to AREVA the biggest delay in the commissioning of Trekkopje is the all-time low price of uranium, which is currently trading at U$52 dollars per pound, as opposed to U$120 dollars per pound when Areva purchased the Trekkopje mine from Uramin in 2007.

AREVA Trekkopje Mine November 2007 – Present 11 years 1 month The position I am presently in is to manage the health, safety, radiaiton exposure, emergency services and Security of Trekkopje Mine.

Oct 11, 2012· (Adds details) WINDHOEK, Oct 11 (Reuters) - French energy group Areva said on Thursday it had delayed the start of its $1 billion Trekkopje uranium mine in Namibia until market conditions improve.

report is to give our stakeholders an overview of progress made at Trekkopje Mine and feedback on sustainable development initiatives, including community development, environmental management and our contribution to the economy.

55,000 m3/day Trekkopje seawater desalination process for Areva Resources Namibia (Pty) Ltd (built by South African desalination specialist company Keyplan), and other plants around the world are being developed to supply water for mining applications.

"The Trekkopje mine nevertheless is a strategic asset for Areva and the group will reassess the economic situation on a regular basis," the company said. Areva inaugurated Namibia's first seawater desalination plant in April 2010.

Trekkopje uranium mine is located in western Namibia in southern Africa, approximately 65km north-east of Swakopmund. The mine is owned by Areva and currently under construction. In June 2008, Areva obtained the mining license from the Namibian Government in June 2008 and has since invested more than $900m in the project.

Trekkopje uranium mine project is a very large, low-grade, shallow uranium source that consists of two deposits; the Trekkopje deposit and the Klein Trekkopje deposit, …

The Trekkopje site (Namibia) produced 251 tons. For Olivier Wantz, Senior Executive Vice President, Mining activities and Member of the AREVA Executive Board: “It is a remarkable collective performance.

Trekkopje is a mountain in the Erongo Region of Namibia, c. 85 kilometres (53 mi) north-east of Swakopmund on the road to Usakos.The following events and entities are named after Trekkopje: Trekkopje mine, a currently unused Uranium mine of Areva about 20 km to the north,; Trekkopje desalination plant, a plant near Wlotzkasbaken built to provide water for the uranium mine at Trekkopje

SWAKOPMUND, 25 MAR (NAMPA) - Mining operations at the closed Trekkopje Uranium mine will resume as the price of uranium continues to recover internationally, Areva Resources Namibia says. The Trekkopje Uranium mine is located approximately 65 kilometres north-east of …

Areva said in February that production at the Trekkopje mine would start in the last quarter of 2013, roughly a year behind schedule, and will produce 3,000 tonnes of yellow cake per annum through ...

The largest substation is the intake substation at the mine, the 220/132/33 kV Trekkopje open-yard substation, which is the first of the four substations to be built. The 220 kV primary plant is being supplied by AREVA Transmission & Distribution (T&D) in Europe.

Uranium mining in Namibia is of considerable importance to the national economy. In 2011, ... The Paris-based multinational corporation Areva Group developed the Trekkopje Mine, but have decided to mothball the project. It is located 70 kilometres (43 mi) of Swakopmund.

The following events and entities are named after Trekkopje: Trekkopje mine, a currently unused Uranium mine of Areva about 20 km to the north, Trekkopje uranium mine is located in western Namibia in southern Africa, approximately 65km north-east of Swakopmund.

Areva's Trekkopje mine is expected to start production in 2012, with an initial output of 3000 tonnes of uranium ore per year. Share. Most read NASA successfully tests Kilopower reactor US Navy commissions new nuclear ship UK marks 60th anniversary of Calder Hall

Trekkopje mine… The heap leach pad and processing facilities at the Maxi plant are maintained to be commissioned when required and at ... People Trekkopje mine every day. 8 Local employment AREVA Namibia’s employment policy gives preference to local people and our Namibian team is fully

The Trekkopje Mine is situated 70 km northeast of Swakopmund in the Erongo Region. Since 2005, the calcrete-hosted deposit has been developed in three phases, as it presents a technical challenge due to its low uranium content and the use of alkaline heap leaching.

Areva's Trekkopje is about 80 km northeast of Swakopmund, and 35 km north of Rössing. In 2007 UraMin Inc announced an upgrade of uranium resources at this project, comprising two adjacent palaeochannel deposits (Klein Trekkopje being the main one) over an area about 16 km by 1 to 3 km.