The Combined Development Agency (CDA), originally the Combined Development Trust (CDT), was a defense purchasing authority established in 1944 by the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom.[1] Its role was to ensure adequate supplies of uranium for the respective countries weapons development programs.
The agency initiated a range of incentives to several countries to encourage exploration and a fast buildup of mineral reserves. The main countries targeted for the programs were the US, Canada, South Africa, and to a limited extent Australia. The countries tried to monopolize on the resources of the territories they owned or that had hardly any claim. The Belgian Congo was an example of the third world place that was used for its resources.[2]
In Australia, uranium ore from a number of mines was processed at the purpose built Port Pirie Uranium Treatment Complex which operated under contract to the CDA by the Government of South Australia between 1955 and 1962.[3][4]
- ^ Marian Radetzki (1980). Uranium: A Strategic Source of Energy. Croom Helm, London. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7099-0340-6.
- ^ Vestergaard, Cindy (July 2014). "Greenland, Denmark and the pathway to uranium supplier status". The Extractive Industries and Society. 2: 153–161. doi:10.1016/j.exis.2014.10.001.
- ^ "Uranium deposits in Australia". Government of South Australia Primary Industries and Resources. March 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Port Pirie Uranium Treatment Complex, SA". www.sea-us.org.au. Archived from the original on 1999-05-08. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
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