1st Quarter 2012

U.S. production of uranium in the first quarter 2012 was 1,078,404 pounds U₃O₈, up 21 percent from the previous quarter and up 1 percent from the first quarter 2011. During the first quarter 2012, U.S. uranium was produced at six U.S. uranium facilities.

U.S. Uranium Mill in Production (State)

1. White Mesa Mill (Utah)

U.S. Uranium In-Situ-Leach Plants in Production (State)

1. Alta Mesa Project (Texas)
2. Crow Butte Operation (Nebraska)
3. Hobson ISR Plant/La Palangana (Texas)
4. Smith Ranch-Highland Operation (Wyoming)
5. Willow Creek Project (Wyoming)

Tables 3 and 4 include County and State location of existing and planned mills and in-situ-leach (ISL) plants.

Final 2011 total

U.S. uranium concentrate production totaled 3,990,767 pounds U₃O₈ in 2011. This amount is 6 percent lower than the 4,228,192 pounds produced in 2010.

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