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去年澳大利亚的U_3O_8生产量为1,360吨,而1960年则为998吨。大部分铀是由澳大利亚生产铀精矿的最大企业(玛丽-凯瑟琳)生产。该企业的氧化铀年平均产量为770吨。众所周知,拥有玛丽-凯瑟琳(昆士兰)的矿山和铀生产工厂的玛丽-凯瑟琳铀矿有限公司,在1956年与英国原子能委员会签订了向该公司购买4080吨氧化铀的长期合同,其价值达4千万澳磅。合同在1965年失效。虽然该企业的生产成本要比其他资本主义国家内的许多同类企业低得多,但推测,如果在世界市场上铀的需要量不增加的话,则该企业未必能在1964年后继续生产。澳大利亚其他的较小矿床有拉姆-詹格尔和南阿
Last year, U_3O_8 production in Australia was 1,360 tons, compared with 998 tons in 1960. Most of the uranium is produced by Australia’s largest producer of uranium concentrates (Mary Katherine). The company’s annual average production of uranium oxide is 770 tons. As we all know, Mary Katherine Uranium Mining Co., Ltd., which owns Mary-Catherine (Queensland) mines and uranium production plants, signed a long-term contract with the British Atomic Energy Commission in 1956 to purchase 4080 tons of uranium oxide from the company, worth 4,000. Million Australian pounds. The contract expired in 1965. Although the production cost of the company is much lower than that of many similar companies in other capitalist countries, it is speculated that if the demand for uranium does not increase in the world market, the company may not be able to continue production after 1964. Other minor deposits in Australia are Lam-Jangle and South A