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1、 2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report May 2022 Independent Statistics&Analysis www.eia.gov U.S.Department of Energy Washington,DC 20585 This report was prepared by the U.S.Energy Information Administration(EIA),the statistical and analytical agency within the U.S.Department of Energy.By law,EIAs

2、data,analyses,and forecasts are independent of approval by any other officer or employee of the United States Government.The views in this report therefore should not be construed as representing those of the U.S.Department of Energy or other federal agencies.U.S.Energy Information Administration|20

3、21 Domestic Uranium Production Report ii Contacts EIAs Electricity Supply&Uranium Statistics&Product Innovation Team prepared this report.If you have questions about this report,email us.U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report iii Contents Contacts.ii Introducti

4、on.1 Mining,production,shipments,and sales.2 Facility status(mills,heap leach plants,and in-situ recovery plants).2 Employment and expenditures.2 Tables Table 1.U.S.uranium drilling activities,200721.3 Table 2.U.S.uranium mine production and number of mines and sources,200721.5 Table 3.U.S.uranium c

5、oncentrate production,shipments,and sales,200721.5 Table 4.U.S.uranium mills and heap leach facilities by owner,location,capacity,and operating status at end of the year,201721.6 Table 5.U.S.uranium in-situ recovery plants by owner,location,capacity,and operating status at end of the year,201721.7 T

6、able 6.Employment in the U.S.uranium production industry by category,200721.8 Table 7.Employment in the U.S.uranium production industry by state,200721.9 Table 8.U.S.uranium expenditures,200721.9 Table 9.Summary production statistics of the U.S.uranium industry,200721.11 Table 10.Uranium reserve est

7、imates at the end of 2020 and 2021.13 Figures Figure 1.U.S.uranium drilling by number of holes,200721.3 Figure 2.U.S.uranium drilling,200721.4 Figure 3.Employment in the U.S.uranium production industry by category,200721.8 Figure 4.U.S.uranium expenditures,200721.10 Figure 5.U.S.mine production of u

8、ranium,200721.12 Figure 6.U.S.uranium concentrate production and shipments,200721.12 Figure 7.Employment in the U.S.uranium production industry,200721.12 U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 1 Introduction In this report,EIA provides detailed data on U.S.uran

9、ium production activities from 2007 through 2021.Data in this report are based primarily on information reported on Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(Annual),and some information reported on Form EIA-858,Uranium Marketing Annual Survey.The Form EIA-851A survey collects data on uranium

10、 milling and in-situ recovery processing,feed sources,mining,employment,drilling,expenditures,and reserve estimates.The Form EIA-858 survey includes data collected on uranium contracts and deliveries.Previous editions of this report are available on our website.Definitions for terms in this report a

11、re available in our Energy Glossary.U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 2 Mining,production,shipments,and sales U.S.uranium mines produced 21,000 pounds of of triuranium octoxide(U3O8),or uranium concentrate in 2021.Production data was withheld in 2020 but 2

12、021 production was down 88%from 2019 production levels.The production of uranium concentrate is the first step in the nuclear fuel production process,preceding the conversion of U3O8 into UF6 to enable uranium enrichment,then fuel pellet fabrication,and finally fuel assembly fabrication.Facility sta

13、tus(mills,heap leach plants,and in-situ recovery plants)At the end of 2021,Shootaring Canyon Uranium Mill and White Mesa Mill in Utah and Sweetwater Uranium Project in Wyoming were on standby with a total capacity of 5,750 short tons of material per day.In Wyoming,one heap leach plant was in the pla

14、nning stages(Sheep Mountain).Regarding in-situ recovery facilities,at the end of 2021 the Lost Creek Project and the Smith Ranch-Highland Operation in Wyoming were operating with a combined capacity of 7.5 million pounds U3O8 per year.Nine in-situ recovery plants were on standby as of the end of 202

15、1 with a combined annual production capacity of 13.8 million pounds U3O8.Ten in-situ recovery plants were planned for four states:New Mexico,South Dakota,Texas,and Wyoming with a combined annual production capacity of 15 million pounds U3O8.Employment and expenditures Total employment in the U.S.ura

16、nium production industry was 207 full-time person-years(one person year is equal to full-time employment for one person)in 2021,a decrease of 8%from the 2020 total.Total expenditures for land,exploration,drilling,production,and reclamation were$72.5 million in 2021,17%lower than in 2020.U.S.Energy I

17、nformation Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 3 Table 1.U.S.uranium drilling activities,200721 Year Exploration drilling Development drilling Exploration and development drilling number of holes feet(thousand)number of holes feet(thousand)number of holes feet(thousand)2007 4,351

18、2,200 4,996 2,946 9,347 5,146 2008 5,198 2,543 4,157 2,551 9,355 5,093 2009 1,790 1,051 3,889 2,691 5,679 3,742 2010 2,439 1,460 4,770 3,444 7,209 4,904 2011 5,441 3,322 5,156 3,003 10,597 6,325 2012 5,112 3,447 5,970 3,709 11,082 7,156 2013 1,231 919 4,013 2,926 5,244 3,845 2014 W W W W 1,752 1,299

19、 2015 W W W W 1,518 878 2016 W W W W 1,158 757 2017 W W W W 420 196 2018 W W W W W W 2019 W W W W W W 2020 W W W W W W 2021 W W W W 260 123 NA=Not available.W=Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.Note:Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.Sour

20、ce:U.S.Energy Information Administration,Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(200721)Figure 1.U.S.uranium drilling by number of holes,200721 number of holes U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 4 Figure 2.U.S.uranium drilling,200721 thousand feet

21、U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 5 Table 2.U.S.uranium mine production and number of mines and sources,200721 Table 3.U.S.uranium concentrate production,shipments,and sales,200721 Activity at U.S.mills and in-situ-leach plants20072008200920102011201220132

22、0142015201620172018201920202021Ore from underground mines and stockpiles fed to mills 10WWWWWWW0000WWWOther feed materials 2WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWTotal mill feedWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW(thousand pounds U3O8)WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW(thousand pounds U3O8)WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW(thousand pounds U3O8)4,5343,9023,7084,2283,9914,1464,659

23、4,8913,3432,9162,4431,647174W21(thousand pounds U3O8)4,0504,1303,6205,1374,0003,9114,6554,5934,0233,0182,2771,489190WW(thousand pounds U3O8)3,6023,6562,0442,6842,8703,6304,4474,7463,6342,6911,2541,541WWWWeighted-average price(dollars per pound U3O8)42.1143.8136.6137.5952.3649.6344.6539.1742.8638.224

24、1.3432.51WWWNotes:Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.Source:U.S.Energy Information Administration,Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(200620),and Form EIA-858,Uranium Marketing Annual Survey(200721)Total uranium concentrate sales by U.S.producers 3W=D

25、ata withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.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 previous year and later shipped from mine-site stockpiles,ore obtained from drawdowns of stockpiles maintain

26、ed at a mill site,or a combination of these options.2 Includes for various years uranium from mill cleanup,mine water,tailings water,and other materials.3 Sales of U.S-origin uranium only.Total uranium concentrate shipped from U.S.mills and in-situ-leach plantsEstimated contained U3O8(thousand pound

27、s)Uranium concentrate produced at U.S.millsUranium concentrate produced at U.S.in-situ-leach plantsTotal uranium concentrate production U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 6 Table 4.U.S.uranium mills and heap leach facilities by owner,location,capacity,and o

28、perating status at end of the year,201721 Capacity(short tons of ore per day)20172018201920202021Anfield ResourcesShootaring Canyon Uranium MillGarfield,Utah750standbystandbystandbystandbystandbyEFR White Mesa LLCWhite Mesa MillSan Juan,Utah2,000operating-processing alternate feedoperating-processin

29、g alternate feedstandbyoperating-processing alternate feedstandbyEnergy Fuels Wyoming Inc Sheep MountainFremont,Wyoming725undevelopedundevelopedundevelopedundevelopedundevelopedKennecott Uranium Company/Wyoming Coal Resource CompanySweetwater Uranium ProjectSweetwater,Wyoming3,000standbystandbystand

30、bystandbystandbyTotal Capacity:6,475Notes:Capacity for 2021.An operating status of Operating indicates the mill usually was producing uranium concentrate at the end of the period.Source:U.S.Energy Information Administration,Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(201721)1 Heap leach solutio

31、ns:The separation,or dissolving-out from mined rock,of the soluble uranium constituents by the natural action of percolating a prepared chemical solution through mounded(heaped)rock material.The mounded material usually contains low grade mineralized material and waste rock,which are produced from o

32、pen pit or underground mines.The solutions are collected after percolation is completed and processed to recover the valued components.OwnerMill and heap leach1 facility nameCounty,State(existing and planned locations)U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 7 Ta

33、ble 5.U.S.uranium in-situ recovery plants by owner,location,capacity,and operating status at end of the year,201721 20172018201920202021Uranium Energy CorporationReno Creek ISR Uranium ProjectCampbell,Wyoming2,000,000partially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted

34、 and licensedpermitted and licensedpermitted and licensedAzarga Uranium CorpDewey Burdock ProjectFall River and Custer,South Dakota1,000,000partially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpermitted and licensedpermitted and licensedCamecoCrow Butte Ope

35、rationDawes,Nebraska1,000,000operatingoperatingstandbystandbystandbyHydro Resources,Inc.Church RockMcKinley,New Mexico1,000,000partially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedHydro Resourc

36、es,Inc.CrownpointMcKinley,New Mexico1,000,000partially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedLost Creek ISR LLCLost Creek ProjectSweetwater,Wyoming2,000,000operatingoperatingoperatingopera

37、tingoperatingMestena Uranium LLCAlta Mesa ProjectBrooks,Texas1,500,000standbystandbystandbystandbystandbyPathfinder Mines CorporationPathfinder Shirley BasinCarbon County,Wyoming2,000,000developingdevelopingdevelopingpermitted and licensedpermitted and licensedPower Resources Inc.,dba Cameco Resourc

38、esSmith Ranch-Highland OperationConverse,Wyoming5,500,000operatingoperatingoperatingoperatingoperatingUranium Energy CorporationHobson ISR Processing PlantKarnes,Texas2,000,000standbystandbystandbystandbystandbyUranium Energy CorporationLa Palangana ISR Uranium ProjectDuval,Texas1,000,000standbystan

39、dbystandbystandbystandbyStrata Energy IncRoss CPPCrook,Wyoming3,000,000operatingoperatingstandbystandbystandbyURI,Inc.(an enCore Energy company)Kingsville DomeKleberg,Texas1,000,000restorationrestorationrestorationstandbystandbyURI,Inc.(an enCore Energy company)RositaDuval,Texas1,000,000reclamationr

40、eclamationreclamationstandbystandbyURI,Inc.(an enCore Energy company)VasquezDuval,Texas1,000,000restorationrestorationrestorationreclamationreclamationUranerz Energy CorporationNichols Ranch ISR ProjectJohnson and Campbell,Wyoming2,000,000operatingoperatingoperatingstandbystandbyUranium Energy Corpo

41、rationBurke Hollow ISR Uranium ProjectBee County,Texas1,000,000partially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpartially permitted and licensedpermitted and licensedpermitted and licensedUranium Energy CorporationGoliad ISR Uranium ProjectGoliad,Texas1,000,000permitted and licensedpe

42、rmitted and licensedpermitted and licensedpermitted and licensedpermitted and licensedUranium Energy Corporation Jab and AntelopeSweetwater,Wyoming2,000,000developingdevelopingdevelopingdevelopingdevelopingUranium Energy Corporation Moore RanchCampbell,Wyoming3,000,000permitted and licensedpermitted

43、 and licensedpermitted and licensedpermitted and licensedpermitted and licensedUranium Energy CorporationWillow Creek Project(Christensen Ranch and Irigaray)Campbell and Johnson,Wyoming1,300,000operatingoperatingstandbystandbystandbyTotal Production Capacity:36,300,000Notes:Production capacity for 2

44、021.An operating status of Operating indicates the in-situ recovery plant usually was producing uranium concentrate at the end of the period.Hobson ISR Plant processes uranium concentrate that came from La Palangana.Hobson and La Palangana are part of the same project.ISR stands for in-situ recovery

45、.Christensen Ranch and Irigaray are part of the Willow Creek Project.Uranerz Energy has a tolling arrangement with Cameco Resources.Uranium is first processed at the Nichols Ranch plant and then transported to the Smith Ranch-Highland Operation plant for final processing into Uranerzs uranium concen

46、trate.CPP=central processing plant.Source:U.S.Energy Information Administration,Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(201721)In-situ recovery plant ownerIn-situ recovery plant nameCounty,State(existing and planned locations)Production capacity(pounds U3O8 per year)U.S.Energy Information A

47、dministration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 8 Table 6.Employment in the U.S.uranium production industry by category,200721 person-years Year Exploration Mining Milling Processing Reclamation Total 2007 375 378 107 216 155 1,231 2008 457 558 W W 154 1,563 2009 175 441 W W 162 1,096 2010 211

48、 400 W W 125 1,073 2011 208 462 W W 102 1,191 2012 161 462 W W 179 1,196 2013 149 392 W W 199 1,156 2014 86 246 W W 161 787 2015 58 251 W W 116 625 2016 38 255 W W 98 560 2017 50 136 W W 100 424 2018 27 110 W W 138 372 2019 40 48 W W 110 265 2020 W W W W W 225 2021 42 32 0 52 82 207 W=Data withheld

49、to avoid disclosure of individual company data.Note:Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.A large,one-time reclamation project needed to be withheld and was not included in 2016 data.Source:U.S.Energy Information Administration,Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Producti

50、on Report(200721)Figure 3.Employment in the U.S.uranium production industry by category,200721 person-years U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 9 Table 7.Employment in the U.S.uranium production industry by state,200721 person-years Table 8.U.S.uranium expen

51、ditures,200721 million dollars Year Drilling 1 Production 2 Land and other 3 Total Expenditures total land land exploration reclamation and other 2007 67.5 90.4 178.2 77.7 50.3 50.2 336.2 2008 81.9 221.2 164.4 65.2 50.2 49.1 467.6 2009 35.4 141.0 104.0 17.3 24.2 62.4 280.5 2010 44.6 133.3 99.5 20.2

52、34.5 44.7 277.3 2011 53.6 168.8 96.8 19.6 43.5 33.7 319.2 2012 66.6 186.9 99.4 16.8 33.3 49.3 352.9 2013 49.9 168.2 90.6 14.6 21.6 54.4 308.7 2014 28.2 137.6 74.0 11.6 10.7 51.7 239.7 2015 28.7 118.5 76.2 12.1 4.7 59.4 223.5 2016 22.3 98.0 49.6 9.9 2.5 37.2 169.9 2017 4.0 78.3 40.2 8.9 3.7 27.7 122.

53、5 2018 W 65.9 W W W W 108.8 2019 W 38.0 W W W W 81.0 2020 W 40.0 W W W W 87.0 2021 W 29.2 W 8.6 W W 72.5 NA=Not available.W=Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.1 Drilling:All expenditures directly associated with exploration and development drilling.2 Production:All expendit

54、ures for mining,milling,processing of uranium,and facility expense.3 Land and Other:All expenditures for land;geological research;geochemical and geophysical surveys;costs incurred by field personnel in the course of exploration,reclamation,and restoration work;and overhead and administrative charge

55、s directly associated with supervising and supporting field activities.Notes:Expenditures are in nominal U.S.dollars.Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.Source:U.S.Energy Information Administration,Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(200721).State(s)20

56、0720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021Wyoming24530130834842451253141634332324519714611296Colorado and Texas55769634029233124819810579614654444258Nebraska and New Mexico149160159134127WWWWW56364846WArizona,Utah,and Washington245360273281WWWWWWWWWWWAlaska,Michigan,Nevada,and South

57、Dakota2530WWWWW000WWWWWCalifornia,Montana,North Dakota,Oklahoma,Oregon,Utah,and Virginia917WWWWWWWWWWWWWTotal1,2311,5631,0961,0731,1911,1961,156787625560424372265225207Source:U.S.Energy Information Administration,Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(200721)W=Data withheld to avoid disclo

58、sure of individual company data.Note:Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 10 Figure 4.U.S.uranium expenditures,200721 million dollars U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Ur

59、anium Production Report 11 Table 9.Summary production statistics of the U.S.uranium industry,200721 Exploration and development surface drililngExploration and development drilling expenditures 1 Mine production of uranium Uranium concentrate production Uranium concentrate shipments Employment Yearm

60、illion feetmillion dollarsmillion pounds U3O8million pounds U3O8million pounds U3O8person-years20075.167.54.54.54.0 1,231 20085.181.93.93.94.1 1,563 20093.735.44.13.73.6 1,096 20104.944.64.24.25.1 1,073 20116.353.64.14.04.0 1,191 20127.266.64.34.13.9 1,196 20133.849.94.64.74.7 1,156 20141.328.24.94.

61、94.6 787 20150.928.73.73.34.0 625 20160.822.32.52.93.0 560 20170.24.01.22.42.3 424 2018WW0.71.61.5 372 2019WW0.20.20.2 265 2020WWWWW 225 20210.1W0.020.02W 207 W=Data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.1 Expenditures are in nominal U.S.dollars.Note:A large,one-time reclamation pr

62、oject needed to be withheld and was not included in 2016 data.Source:U.S.Energy Information Administration,2007-2021 data from Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(200721)U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 12 Figure 5.U.S.mine production of uran

63、ium,200721 million pounds U3O8 Figure 6.U.S.uranium concentrate production and shipments,200721 million pounds U3O8 Figure 7.Employment in the U.S.uranium production industry,200721 person-years U.S.Energy Information Administration|2021 Domestic Uranium Production Report 13 Table 10.Uranium reserve

64、 estimates at the end of 2020 and 2021 million pounds U3O8$0 to$30 per pound$0 to$50 per pound$0 to$100 per pound$0 to$30 per pound$0 to$50 per pound$0 to$100 per poundProperties with exploration completed,exploration continuing,and only assessment workWWWWWWProperties under development for producti

65、on and development drillingWWWWWWMines in productionWWWWWWMines closed temporarily,closed permanently,and mined outWWWWWWTotalWWWWW435.5In-situ leach miningWWWWWWUnderground and open pit miningWWWWWWTotalWWWWW435.5Arizona,New Mexico,and UtahWWWWWWColorado,Nebraska,and TexasWWWWWWWyomingWWWWWWTotalWW

66、WWW435.5Uranium reserve estimates1 by mine and property status,mining method,and State(s)Source:U.S.Energy Information Administration,Form EIA-851A,Domestic Uranium Production Report(202021)End of 2020End of 2021Forward Cost 21 These uranium reserve estimates cannot be compared with the much larger

67、historical data set of uranium reserves that were published in the July 2010 report U.S.Uranium Reserves Estimates.Reserves,as reported here,do not necessarily imply compliance with U.S.or international government definitions for purposes of investment disclosure.W=Data withheld to avoid disclosure

68、of individual company data.2 Forward Cost:The operating and capital costs still to be incurred in the production of uranium from in-place reserves.By using forward costing,estimates for reserves for ore deposits in differing geological settings and status of development can be aggregated and reporte

69、d for selected cost categories.Included are costs for labor,materials,power and fuel,royalties,payroll taxes,insurance,and applicable general and administrative costs.Excluded from forward cost estimates are prior expenditures,if any,incurred for property acquisition,exploration,mine development,and mill construction,as well as income taxes,profit,and the cost of money.Forward costs are neither the full costs of production nor the market price at which the uranium,when produced,might be sold.Note:Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.