text: trv)Cll O{).q d 5 '.{ C.P()'n{rC.rl t'.r n o OO tr d !+rn q-r !d<50c Fr 'F{A.v{\l dcroil '.r IPI EIgl ,dl (sl 9l'il -'l 11 Sl,, fil; 5l-o (nldlF sl"l FI '.11 6lrl €ltrtp.l ?l trldl 5lA/35/)+o2 tlns_L 1s n Annex Pzge ) potential international- leverage that such a narket share ir:rpJ.ies. For example, the OECD,/fAEA proJects that in 1985 nearly 16 per cent of the estirnated attainable production capabilities in the narket economies rsi.ll be in southern Africa: but" of that tota^1, Namibia is expected. to have ) per cent. to put it another r,ray, one third of the combined total of reasonablv assured resources availabLe at less than $80/tg. U no1,r controlled by South Africa cones from Nanibia. l-2/ 12. A-I1 uraniun rnined in South Africa itself is processed..into U"oA, or ycllowcakc, and then marketed by the Nuclear Fuels Corporation of-Sduth Africa, The Corporation is a private service company or,'ned by those gold mining companies which produce uranium and by a set of seven maJor mining-finance coupanies. Uranium from Rossing in Nanibia is narketed through the British-based trensnational Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation, 13/ Because the South African Atornic Ener6ry Actprohibits revealing the details of uranirm contractsr amounts, d.eliveries, terms, and prices, !./ onry lirnited information is available on the naJor purchasers of South African and ]llanibian uranir:m. 13. For instance, according to a study sponsored by the Atfantic Institute for fnternational- Affairs, South Africa in the period from 1965 to :-977 supplied 2.7.2 per cent of the uranium imported by the lederal Fepublic of Gerrnany (vhich has virtualty no indigenous uranium resources); this study alsb proJects that nearly !O per cent of West German supplies from I9T7 to l-986 are likely to come from uraniurn produced in South Africa or Namibia. f5/ Al-though France has relied
analysis: The text appears to discuss the uranium mining industry in South Africa and Namibia, and its potential impact on the global market. It mentions the production capabilities, market share, and exports of uranium from these countries. The text also touches on the topic of international trade, specifically the importation of uranium by countries such as Germany and France. Based on this content, it seems likely that the text is related to the energy and mining sectors.