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Domestic Uranium Production Report - Quarterly

Data for 4th Quarter 2012  |  Release Date: February 2013  |  Next Release Date: May 2013  |   full report

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Table 2. Number of uranium mills and plants producing uranium concentrate in the United States
Uranium Concentrate Processing Facilities End of 1996 End of 1997 End of 1998 End of 1999 End of 2000 End of 2001 End of 2002 End of 2003 End of 2004 End of 2005 End of 2006 End of 2007 End of 2008 End of 2009 End of 2010 End of 2011 End of 4th Quarter 2012
Mills - conventional milling1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1

Mills - other operators2

 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
In-Situ-Leach Plants3 5 6 6 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 3 4 5 5
Byproduct Recovery Plants4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 11 9 7 6 4 3 2 3 4 6 6 7 4 5 6 6

1Milling uranium-bearing ore.
2Not milling ore, but producing uranium concentrate from other (non-ore) materials.
3Not including in-situ-leach plants that only producted uranium concentrate from restoration.
4Uranium concentrate as a byproduct from phosphate production.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-851A and Form EIA-851Q, "Domestic Uranium Production Report."