RE:No production cuts in namibiaHere is the data for Namibia for 2017 - looks like the author of your article and/or the mine planners were overly optimistic THE PREDICTION IS NO WHERE NEAR BEING ACCURATE FOR 2017.
Maybe next year? Maybe a more recent articcle???
Uranium Production Figures, 2008-2017
(Updated July 2018)
Country | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Kazakhstan | 8521 | 14,020 | 17,803 | 19,451 | 21,317 | 22,451 | 23,127 | 23,800 | 24,575 | 23,391 |
Canada | 9000 | 10,173 | 9783 | 9145 | 8999 | 9331 | 9134 | 13,325 | 14,039 | 13,116 |
Australia | 8430 | 7982 | 5900 | 5983 | 6991 | 6350 | 5001 | 5654 | 6315 | 5882 |
Niger | 3032 | 3243 | 4198 | 4351 | 4667 | 4518 | 4057 | 4116 | 3479 | 3449 |
Namibia | 4366 | 4626 | 4496 | 3258 | 4495 | 4323 | 3255 | 2993 | 3654 | 4224 |
Russia | 3521 | 3564 | 3562 | 2993 | 2872 | 3135 | 2990 | 3055 | 3004 | 2917 |
Uzbekistan (est) | 2338 | 2429 | 2400 | 2500 | 2400 | 2400 | 2400 | 2385 | 2404 | 2404 |
China (est) | 769 | 750 | 827 | 885 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 | 1616 | 1616 | 1885 |
USA | 1430 | 1453 | 1660 | 1537 | 1596 | 1792 | 1919 | 1256 | 1125 | 940 |
Ukraine (est) | 800 | 840 | 850 | 890 | 960 | 922 | 926 | 1200 | 1005 | 550 |
South Africa | 655 | 563 | 583 | 582 | 465 | 531 | 573 | 393 | 490 | 308 |
India (est) | 271 | 290 | 400 | 400 | 385 | 385 | 385 | 385 | 385 | 421 |
Czech Republic | 263 | 258 | 254 | 229 | 228 | 215 | 193 | 155 | 138 | 0 |
Romania (est) | 77 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 90 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 50 | 0 |
Pakistan (est) | 45 | 50 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
Brazil (est) | 330 | 345 | 148 | 265 | 326 | 192 | 55 | 40 | 44 | 0 |
France | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 8 | 51 | 50 | 27 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malawi | | 104 | 670 | 846 | 1101 | 1132 | 369 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total world | 43,853 | 50,772 | 53,671 | 53,493 | 58,489 | 59,331 | 56,041 | 60,496 | 62,366 | 59,531 |
tonnes U3O8 | 51,611 | 59,875 | 63,295 | 63,084 | 68,976 | 69,969 | 66,089 | 71,343 | 73,548 | 70,201 |
% of world demand* | 68% | 78% | 78% | 85% | 86% | 92% | 85% | 90% | 97% | 92% |