SUPPLY CHAIN & OPERATIONS
32 DID YOU KNOW ?
• 8.6 million tonnes of rock were uranium-bearing
• 13.3 million tonnes of rock were waste , compared with 11.5 million in 2018
• 2,449 tonnes of uranium oxide were drummed in 2019 , compared 2,479 in 2018
• 137,537 tonnes of uranium oxide supplied to the world since 1976
• 3.9 % of the world ’ s uranium oxide output provided by Rössing Uranium in 2019
nity outreach programmes of all the mines in Namibia . “ Along with the Namibia Diamond Mining Company , we have the most active programmes running ,” she highlights . “ Rössing ’ s focus is mostly on education . We feel it ’ s a very strong lever that we should pull in supporting future generations . We ’ re also proud to have broken the mould . Normally across Namibia these types of programmes , even legislatively , are only in the area of a company ’ s operations but the Rössing Foundation operates programmes nationally , which has now become the standard .”
AUGUST 2020