Uranium Mining

Global Uranium Mining – Countries, Market Share, and Reserves

01 Global Production

Global mine production

The following provides data on the global mine production of uranium from 2002 to 2016. In 2006, some 39.4 thousand metric tons of uranium were mined worldwide. A decade later, total production stood at nearly 62 thousand metric tons.

Infographic showing global uranium mine production by country

Mine production of uranium in major countries from 2009 to 2016 (in metric tons)
Country	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Kazakhstan	14,020	17,803	19,451	21,317	22,451	23,127	23,800	24,575
Canada	10,173	9,783	9,145	8,999	9,331	9,134	13,325	14,039
Australia	7,982	5,900	5,983	6,991	6,350	5,001	5,654	6,315
Niger	3,243	4,198	4,351	4,667	4,518	4,057	4,116	3,477
Namibia	4,626	4,496	3,258	4,495	4,323	3,255	3,055	3,315
Russia	3,564	3,562	2,993	2,872	3,135	2,990	2,993	3,004
Uzbekistan*	2,429	2,400	2,500	2,400	2,400	2,400	2,385	2,404
China*	750	827	885	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,616	1,616
United States	1,453	1,660	1,537	1,596	1,792	1,919	1,256	1,125
Ukraine*	840	850	890	960	922	926	1,200	1,005
South Africa	563	583	582	465	531	573	393	490
India*	290	400	400	385	385	385	385	385
Czech Republic	258	254	229	228	215	193	155	138

This depicts production outputs of uranium worldwide from 2009 to 2016, distributed by major countries. In 2009, an estimated 1,453 metric tons of uranium was produced in the United States. Seven years later, U.S. production only stood at 1,125 metric tons.

02 Known Reserves

Known recoverable reserves

Known Recoverable Reserves of Uranium 2015
Country	tonnes U	percentage of world
Australia	1,664,100	29%
Kazakhstan	745,300	13%
Canada	509,000	9%
Russian Fed	507,800	9%
South Africa	322,400	6%
Niger	291,500	5%
Brazil	276,800	5%
China	272,500	5%
Namibia	267,000	5%
Mongolia	141,500	2%
Uzbekistan	130,100	2%
Ukraine	115,800	2%
Botswana	73,500	1%
USA	62,900	1%
Tanzania	58,100	1%
Jordan	47,700	1%
Other	232,400	4%
World total	5,718,400

Infographic showing known recoverable uranium reserves by country

Infographic ranking the leading countries worldwide by uranium reserves

This ranks the leading ten countries worldwide based on their uranium reserves in 2016. In that year, Canada had uranium reserves amounting to approximately 240 thousand metric tons, making it the country with the largest uranium reserves in the world.