World Mineral Production - NERC Open Research Archive - Natural ...
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Mine production of uranium tonnes (metal content)<br />
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006<br />
Czech Republic 477 458 435 420 383<br />
France 12 — — — —<br />
Germany 221 104 77 80 65<br />
Portugal 2 — — — —<br />
Romania 90 90 90 *90 *90<br />
Russia 2 900 3 150 3 280 3 431 3 262<br />
Ukraine *800 *800 *800 *800 *800<br />
Namibia 3 058 2 416 3 159 2 855 2 782<br />
Niger 3 076 3 143 3 273 3 093 3 434<br />
South Africa 846 758 752 674 542<br />
Canada 11 607 10 456 11 599 11 627 9 862<br />
USA 901 *770 878 1 034 1 579<br />
Brazil 270 310 300 110 190<br />
China *730 *750 *750 *750 *750<br />
India *230 *230 *230 *230 177<br />
Kazakhstan 2 800 3 300 3 719 4 357 5 279<br />
Pakistan *38 *45 *45 *45 *45<br />
Uzbekistan 1 860 1 770 2 035 2 629 2 270<br />
Australia 7 146 7 633 9 010 9 516 7 606<br />
<strong>World</strong> Total 37 100 36 200 40 400 41 700 39 100<br />
<strong>World</strong> Total (U3O8 equivalent) 43 800 42 700 47 700 49 200 46 100<br />
Note(s):-<br />
(1) Excluding uranium production form decommissioning operations in France, Germany and Spain<br />
Mine production of vanadium tonnes (metal content)<br />
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006<br />
Russia 30 306 18 099 24 277 *24 000 *24 000<br />
South Africa 25 227 27 172 23 303 22 604 *20 000<br />
China *13 200 *14 000 *16 000 *17 000 *17 500<br />
Kazakhstan *1 000 *1 000 *1 000 *1 000 *1 000<br />
Australia 3 146 694 220 — —<br />
<strong>World</strong> Total 73 000 61 000 65 000 65 000 63 000<br />
Note(s):-<br />
(1) This table includes vanadium in slag products but excludes vanadium recovered as a byproduct of the refining and burning of<br />
heavy oils<br />
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