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Uranium Primer - World Uranium Production & Requirements

World Uranium Production Data
(thousand pounds U3O8)

Country	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Australia	24,747	19,742	22,387	21,917	20,752	15,339	15,555
Brazil	286	494	777	858	897	385	689
Canada	30,230	25,642	24,636	23,399	26,448	25,434	23,775
China	1,950	1,950	1,851	1,999	1,950	2,150	2,301
Czech Rep	1,061	928	796	684	671	660	595
France	18	0	10	13	21	18	16
Germany	200	130	99	200	0	0	52
India	598	598	702	705	754	1,040	1,040
Kazakhstan	11,327	13,725	17,255	22,153	35,929	46,284	50,568
Malawi	0	0	0	0	270	1,742	2,199
Namibia	8,182	8,000	7,485	11,351	12,027	11,689	8,470
Niger	8,041	8,928	8,197	7,883	8,431	10,914	11,312
Pakistan	117	117	117	117	130	117	117
Romania	234	234	200	200	195	200	200
Russia	8,920	8,839	8,873	9,154	9,266	1,516	7,781
So. Africa	1,752	1,418	1,401	1,703	1,464	2,210	1,513
Ukraine	2,080	2,080	2,199	2,080	2,184	2,210	2,314
USA	2,689	4,106	4,533	3,879	3,778	4,316	3,996
Uzbekistan	5,980	5,902	6,032	6,078	6,315	6,239	6,499
TOTAL	108,441	102,833	107,550	114,373	131,482	139,513	139,075
Country	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011

World Uranium Requirement Data ¹
(thousand pounds U3O8)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
USA	58,300	51,500	49,500	49,100	51,100	50,800	51,300
European Union ²	55,100	53,200	53,600	57,400	56,700	63,000	49,700
CIS/Non-EU ³	21,600	20,700	20,800	15,900	16,500	17,600	21,900
Asian Pacific ⁴	34,600	35,000	35,300	36,000	38,800	37,500	39,400
Other ⁵	8,400	10,700	9,100	9,600	10,100	9,600	9,800
TOTAL	178,000	171,100	168,300	168,000	173,200	178,500	172,100
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011

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.