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Uranium Primer - World Uranium Production & Requirements

World Uranium Production Data
(thousand pounds U3O8)

Country	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australia	23,427	24,747	19,742	22,387	21,917	20,752	15,339
Brazil	780	286	494	777	858	897	385
Canada	30,150	30,230	25,642	24,636	23,399	26,448	25,434
China	1,950	1,950	1,950	1,851	1,999	1,950	2,150
Czech Rep	1,071	1,061	928	796	684	671	660
France	18	18	0	10	13	21	18
Germany	200	200	130	99	200	0	0
India	598	598	598	702	705	754	1,040
Kazakhstan	9,669	11,327	13,725	17,255	22,153	35,929	46,284
Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	270	1,742
Namibia	7,898	8,182	8,000	7,485	11,351	12,027	11,689
Niger	8,532	8,041	8,928	8,197	7,883	8,431	10,914
Pakistan	117	117	117	117	117	130	117
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	234	234	234	200	200	195	200
Russia	8,319	8,920	8,839	8,873	9,154	9,266	1,516
So. Africa	1,939	1,752	1,418	1,401	1,703	1,464	2,210
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	2,080	2,080	2,080	2,199	2,080	2,184	2,210
USA	2,228	2,689	4,106	4,533	3,879	3,778	4,316
Uzbekistan	5,241	5,980	5,902	6,032	6,078	6,315	6,239
TOTAL	104,451	108,441	102,833	107,550	114,373	131,482	139,513
Country	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010

World Uranium Requirement Data ¹
(thousand pounds U3O8)

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
USA	50,100	58,300	51,500	49,500	49,100	51,100	50,800
European Union ²	50,400	55,100	53,200	53,600	57,400	56,700	63,000
CIS/Non-EU ³	19,900	21,600	20,700	20,800	15,900	16,500	17,600
Asian Pacific ⁴	36,400	34,600	35,000	35,300	36,000	38,800	37,500
Other ⁵	8,100	8,400	10,700	9,100	9,600	10,100	9,600
TOTAL	164,900	178,000	171,100	168,300	168,000	173,200	178,500
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010

1. Calculated by TradeTech based on actual completion dates and operating performance, and TradeTech's estimate of enriching tails assay.

2. European Union (EU) includes: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

3. CIS/non-European Union Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine.

4.Asian Pacific includes: Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

5. Other includes: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, Pakistan, and South Africa.