• Langer Heinrich Mine is a strategic tier one mine
    Langer Heinrich Uranium is the fourth largest open-pit uranium mine in the world and has a remaining production life in excess of 20-years and is within the first quartile of global cash costs
  • In the September 2017 Uranium Cost Study Report, prepared by UxC, Langer Heinrich Uranium was again classified amongst the first tier of lowest cash cost uranium producers in the world. Langer Heinrich Uranium is the only operating open pit mine in the world with cash costs below US$30/lb. Click button below for career opportunities

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Langer Heinrich Uranium (Pty) Ltd

Langer Heinrich Uranium (LHU) is 75% owned by Paladin Energy Australia, with CNNC Overseas Uranium Holding Limited, a subsidiary of China Nuclear Corporation, holding the remaining 25%. LHU operates an open pit uranium mine located within the Namib Naukluft National Park, 90 km east of Walvis Bay in Namibia’s Erongo Region. The surficial, calcrete type deposit currently has a mineral resource of 149 million pounds containing 514 parts per million U3O8, and 5.2 million pounds are produced annually. The ore is treated with an alkaline leach and ion exchange process. Our mining license area is 40km2, of which less than 10% is currently utilised, making our overall operational footprint less than 4km2.

Contact LHU

t: +264 (0) 64 410 6450
e: contact [at] lhupl.com
po: PO Box 156
Swakopmund
Namibia