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Domestic Uranium Production Report - Annual
With Data for 2012 | Release Date: June 06, 2013 | Next Release Date: May 2014
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| Item | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | E2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Exploration and Development | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Surface Drilling (million feet) | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | W | W | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| Drilling Expenditures (million dollars)1 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 20.0 | 18.1 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 2.7 | W | W | 10.6 | 18.1 | 40.1 | 67.5 | 81.9 | 35.4 | 44.6 | 53.6 | 66.6 |
| Mine Production of Uranium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (million pounds U3O8) | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Uranium Concentrate Production | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (million pounds U3O8) | 3.1 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Uranium Concentrate Shipments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (million pounds U3O8) | 3.4 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Employment | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (person-years) | 871 | 980 | 1,107 | 1,118 | 1,097 | 1,120 | 848 | 627 | 423 | 426 | 321 | 420 | 648 | 755 | 1,231 | 1,563 | 1,096 | 1,073 | 1,191 | 1,196 |
| 1Expenditures are in nominal U.S. dollars. E = Estimated data, except for employment. W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Note: The 2003 annual production and shipment amounts were estimated by rounding to the nearest 200,000 pounds to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: 1993-2002-Uranium Industry Annual 2002 (May 2003), Table H1 and Table 2. 2003-2012-Form EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report" (2003-2012). |
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