Akashat Mine, Akashat, Iraq
(Ukashat)
Ref.: (in part): Mining Annual Review(1985):469. A phosphate mine producing about 1 million tons/year. Started 1982.
420 km West of Baghdad on the border with Syria. Also the main uranium mine of Iraq, associated with the Al-Qaim plant.
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Map Reference: 33°42'N , 40°0'E
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