| Year | Exploration and development surface drilling (million feet) |
Exploration and development drilling expenditures 1 (million dollars) |
Mine production of uranium (million pounds U3O8) |
Uranium concentrate production (million pounds U3O8) |
Uranium concentrate shipments (million pounds U3O8) |
Employment (person-years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 871 |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 980 |
| 1995 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 1,107 |
| 1996 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 1,118 |
| 1997 | 4.9 | 20.0 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 1,097 |
| 1998 | 4.6 | 18.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 1,120 |
| 1999 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 848 |
| 2000 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 627 |
| 2001 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 423 |
| 2002 | W | W | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 426 |
| E2003 | W | W | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 321 |
| 2004 | 1.2 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 420 |
| 2005 | 1.7 | 18.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 648 |
| 2006 | 2.7 | 40.1 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 755 |
| 2007 | 5.1 | 67.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 1,231 |
| 2008 | 5.1 | 81.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 1,563 |
| 2009 | 3.7 | 35.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1,096 |
| 2010 | 4.9 | 44.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 1,073 |
| 2011 | 6.3 | 53.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1,191 |
| 2012 | 7.2 | 66.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 1,196 |
| 2013 | 3.8 | 49.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1,156 |
| 2014 | 1.3 | 28.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 787 |
| 2015 | 0.9 | 28.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 625 |
| 2016 | 0.8 | 22.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 560 |
| 2017 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 424 |
| E = Estimated data, except for employment. W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. 1Expenditures are in nominal U.S. dollars. 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. A large, one-time reclamation project needed to be withheld and was not included in 2016 data. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: 1993–2002 data taken from Uranium Industry Annual 2002 (May 2003), Table H1 and Table 2. 2003–2017 data from Form EIA-851A, Domestic Uranium Production Report (2003–17). |
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