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Domestic Uranium Production Report - Annual
With Data for 2011 | Release Date: May 09, 2012 | Next Release Date: May 2013
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| Production / Mining Method | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Underground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (estimated contained thousand pounds U3O8) | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Open Pit | |||||||||
| (estimated contained thousand pounds U3O8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| In-Situ Leaching | |||||||||
| (thousand pounds U3O8) | W | W | 2,681 | 4,259 | W | W | W | W | W |
| Other1 | |||||||||
| (thousand pounds U3O8) | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Total Mine Production | |||||||||
| (thousand pounds U3O8) | E2,200 | 2,452 | 3,045 | 4,692 | 4,541 | 3,879 | 4,145 | 4,237 | 4,114 |
| Number of Operating Mines | |||||||||
| Underground | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
| Open Pit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| In-Situ Leaching | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Other Sources1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Total Mines and Sources | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 11 |
| 1 Other includes, in various years, mine water, mill site cleanup and mill tailings, and well field restoration as sources of uranium. E = Estimated data. W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Table does not include byproduct production and sources. The 2003 annual production amount was estimated by rounding to the nearest 200,000 pounds to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report" (2003-2011). |
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