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Rio Tinto reports fire at Namibia uranium mine

13th February 2015

By: Natalie Greve

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Rio Tinto has reported that a fire that broke out at its Namibia-based Rössing uranium mine’s final product recovery (FPR) plant, on Thursday, has been successfully brought under control and extinguished.

The origin and cause of the fire, which broke at about 13:00 on Thursday, as well as the extent of possible damage to equipment or the FPR building, was currently being assessed.

The company said in a statement on Friday that there were no injuries to employees and that mining operations in areas not affected by the incident continued as normal.

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Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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