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U.S. Uranium Concentrate Production and Shipments

Table 3. U.S. Uranium Concentrate Production and Shipments, 2003-2007 U.S. Mills 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Estimated contained U3O8 (thousand pounds) Ore from Mines and Stockpiles Fed to Mills1 0 W W W 0 Other Feed Materials 2 W W W W W Total Mill Feed W W W W W Uranium Concentrate Produced at U.S. Mills (thousand pounds U3O8) W W W W W Uranium Concentrate Produced at U.S. In-Situ-Leach Plants (thousand pounds U3O8) W W W W W Total Uranium Concentrate Production (thousand pounds U3O8) E2,000 2,282 2,689 4,106 4,534 Total Uranium Concentrate Shipped From U.S. Mills and In-Situ-Leach Plants (thousand pounds U3O8) E1,600 2,280 2,702 3,838 4,050   1 Uranium ore "fed to mills" in any year can include: ore mined and shipped to a mill during the same year, ore that was mined during a prior year and later shipped from mine-site stockpiles, and/or ore obtained from drawdowns of stockpiles maintained at a mill site.   2 Includes for various years uranium from mill cleanup, mine water, tailings water, and other materials.   E = Estimated data.   W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.   Notes: The 2003 annual amounts were estimated by rounding to the nearest 200,000 pounds to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.   Source: Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report" (2003-2007)