Wismut (mining Company)
The SAG/SDAG Wismut was an uranium mining company in East Germany during the time of the cold war. It produced a total of 230,400 tonnes of uranium between 1947 and 1990 and made East Germany the fourth largest producer of uranium ore worldwide at the time. It was the largest single producer of uranium ore in the entire sphere of control of the USSR. In 1991 it was transformed into the Wismut GmbH owned by the state of Germany which is now responsible for the recultivation and the environmental cleanup of the former mining and milling areas. The head office of the SDAG Wismut / Wismut GmbH is in Chemnitz-Siegmar.
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