Uranium ProductionThe worlds uranium market still needs more production in the future. There are several new reactors coming on stream in the next 2 - 5 years.
It is a sector for growth in the future.
Production from mines (tonnes U)
Country | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Kazakhstan | 6637 | 8521 | 14020 | 17803 | 19451 | 21317 | 22451 | 23127 |
Canada | 9476 | 9000 | 10173 | 9783 | 9145 | 8999 | 9331 | 9134 |
Australia | 8611 | 8430 | 7982 | 5900 | 5983 | 6991 | 6350 | 5001 |
Niger | 3153 | 3032 | 3243 | 4198 | 4351 | 4667 | 4518 | 4057 |
Namibia | 2879 | 4366 | 4626 | 4496 | 3258 | 4495 | 4323 | 3255 |
Russia | 3413 | 3521 | 3564 | 3562 | 2993 | 2872 | 3135 | 2990 |
Uzbekistan (est) | 2320 | 2338 | 2429 | 2400 | 2500 | 2400 | 2400 | 2400 |
USA | 1654 | 1430 | 1453 | 1660 | 1537 | 1596 | 1792 | 1919 |
China (est) | 712 | 769 | 750 | 827 | 885 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 |
Ukraine (est) | 846 | 800 | 840 | 850 | 890 | 960 | 922 | 926 |
South Africa | 539 | 655 | 563 | 583 | 582 | 465 | 531 | 573 |
India (est) | 270 | 271 | 290 | 400 | 400 | 385 | 385 | 385 |
Malawi | | | 104 | 670 | 846 | 1101 | 1132 | 369 |
Brazil (est) | 299 | 330 | 345 | 148 | 265 | 231 | 231 | 231 |
Czech Republic | 306 | 263 | 258 | 254 | 229 | 228 | 215 | 193 |
Romania (est) | 77 | 77 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 90 | 77 | 77 |
Pakistan (est) | 45 | 45 | 50 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
Germany | 41 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 50 | 27 | 33 |
France | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Total world | 41 282 | 43 764 | 50 772 | 53 671 | 53 493 | 58 394 | 59,370 | 56,217 |
tonnes U3O8 | 48 683 | 51 611 | 59 875 | 63 295 | 63 084 | 68 864 | 70,015 | 66,297 |
percentage of world demand* | 64% | 68% | 78% | 78% | 85% | 86% | 92% | 85% |