Summary Production Statistics of the U.S. Uranium Industry, 1993-2005 (original) (raw)
Data for: 2005 Release Date: May 15, 2006 Next Release: May 15, 2007
| **Summary Production Statistics of the U.S. Uranium Industry, 1993-2005 | |||||||||||||
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| Items | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005E |
| 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 |
| Drilling Expenditures a (million dollars) | 5.7 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 20.0 | 18.1 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 2.7 | W | W | 10.6 | 16.4 |
| 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 | E 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| Uranium Concentrate Production | |||||||||||||
| (million pounds U3O8) | 3.1 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.6 | E 2.3 | E 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 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 | E 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Employment | |||||||||||||
| (person-years) | 871 | 980 | 1,107 | 1,118 | 1,097 | 1,120 | 848 | 627 | 423 | 426 | 321 | 420 | 638 |
| ���a Expenditures are in nominal U.S. dollars.��� W=Data withheld to avoid disclosure. E = Estimate - The 2003 annual amounts were estimated by rounding to the nearest 200,000 pounds to avoid disclosure of individual company data. The 2005 annual amounts contain limited imputation for missing data.���Sources: Energy Information Administration: 1993-2002-Uranium Industry Annual 2002 (May 2003), Table H1 and Table 2. 2003-2005-Form EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report" (2003-2005) |