10 Countries that Export the Most Uranium in the World

7. America

Export: 2,000 in 2015

Last year the United States produced the lowest quantities of uranium since 2005. The total production of 3.3 million pounds, which was 1 32% decrease compared to 2014, came from seven facilities – one mine located in Utah and six in-situ leach operations. The produced uranium meets 7% of the total US demand. At the same time, the country also exported less U₃O_8. Total shipment of 4.0 million pounds was a 12% decline compared to a year ago. Decline in production and export was also followed by employment and expenditure decrease. Almost all uranium-related sectors (production, exploration, processing…) recorded negative job growth while only mining had employment increase of 2%. Finally, expenditures for uranium production and exploration fell by 14% and 56% retrospectively.