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Summary Production Statistics of the U.S. Uranium Industry                                          

Summary Production Statistics of the U.S. Uranium Industry, 1993-2006
Items
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
E2003
2004
2005
2006
Exploration and Development
Surface Drilling (million feet) 1.1 0.7 1.3 3 4.9 4.6 2.5 1.0 0.7 W W 1.2 1.7 2.7
Drilling Expendituresa (million dollars) 5.7 1.1 2.6 7.2 20 18.1 7.9 5.6 2.7 W W 10.6 18.1 40.1
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 2.2 2.5 3.0 4.7
Uranium Concentrate Production
(million pounds U3O8) 3.1 3.4 6 6.3 5.6 4.7 4.6 4.0 2.6 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.7 4.1
Uranium Concentrate Shipments
(million pounds U3O8) 3.4 6.3 5.5 6 5.8 4.9 5.5 3.2 2.2 3.8 1.6 2.3 2.7 3.8
Employment
(person-years) 871 980 1,107 1,118 1,097 1,120 848 627 423 426 321 420 648 755
  a Expenditures are in nominal U.S. dollars.
   W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure.
   E = Estimated data - The 2003 annual production and shipment amounts were estimated by rounding to the nearest 200,000 pounds to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
  Sources:  Energy Information Administration: 1993-2002-Uranium Industry Annual 2002 (May 2003), Table H1 and Table 2.  2003-2006-Form EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report" (2003-2006)



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