Uranium Market

(last updated 20 Oct 2008)

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• Statistics
• Links: Government · Commercial

see also:

• Uranium Trade - Current Issues
• Nuclear Fuel Chain Bibliography
• Unit Converter: Uranium price · Uranium weight <-> cost

STATISTICS

- by destination country -

Canadian Uranium Exports [MTU], by Country of Final Destination  

Dest. Country	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Argentina				19	20	29							1		5
Belgium	153	190					115	3	115				110	126
China															213
Czech Rep.													246
Finland	151	71	83
France	964	696	799	822	111	461	766	1016	679	587	67	1819	3505	3302	4385
Germany	806	615	220	459	534	665	465	348	776	184					42
Indonesia		1
Italy		46
Japan	717	1729	2005	399	2328	523	3443	363	1490	1968	1310	1116	2386	1127	1366
Mexico														93	114
South Korea	874	635	339	215	104	715	455	290	261	315	444	309	172	496	217
Spain	100	97					274	186	103	160		121	97	180	126
Sweden	783	497	285	91	170			84	142	450	147				73
Taiwan												107	26	212	220
United Kingdom	1204	871	882	498	19		50	198	250	374	345		193	58	88
United States	4682	3950	4035	5307	4032	6291	4938	5702	7407	6187	5962	3674	4230	4437	4683
TOTAL	10434	9398	8648	7810	7318	8684	10507	8180	11223	10225	8274	7146	10966	10031	11534

MTU = metric tonnes of uranium
(Natural Resources of Canada: Mineral and Commodity Reviews, Uranium)

Countries to which Australian Uranium was supplied [MTU] *)  

Dest. Country	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
USA	1394	1952	3521	3109	3439	3027	2980	3185	3698	3020
Japan	1347	1905	1826	1830	1542	1982	1944	1927	2474	1314
Republic of Korea	948	583	869	719	636	789	789	802	593	338
France	315	422	422	422	422	748	796	959	770	1638
United Kingdom	456	509	413	346	412	738	325	662	618	548
Sweden	331	311	200	170	140	440	340	560	213	238
Germany	135	135		135	135	135	212	212	135	250
Canada	72	146	84	135	105		115	77	115	43
Belgium	75	75	75	75	75	75		254	203	0
Finland	45	45	45	50	50	95	95	95	95	0
Spain							170
Taiwan									73	283
TOTAL	5118	6082	7456	6990	6955	8028	7765	8733	8986	7673

MTU = metric tonnes of uranium
*) calculated: 1 t U3O8 = 0.848 MTU
(Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office: Annual Reports)

- by origin country -

Uranium Purchased by Owners and Operators of U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Reactors, by Origin Country and Delivery Year [MTU] *)  

Origin Country	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Australia	1081	1711	1753	1673	2218	2815	4893	3967	4176	3587	4484	3830	6558	4426
Brazil	W	0	0	0	W								316	W
Bulgaria						0	W	W
Canada	5620	6461	7343	6428	5525	4803	4021	6584	6598	6557	6334	8800	5125	4122
China	652	113	143	89	W	267	239	W	W	W	W	W	W	0
Czech Rep.						W	324	0			W	0	W	133
France	W	W	W	0	0	213	W	W
Gabon	W	W	W	W	W	0	0	W	W	0
Germany	W	W	372	W	W	W	0	W	W	0		W	0	0
Kazakhstan	1068	1191	575	744	457	W	W	1211	2081	1628	1620	630	626	926
Kyrgyzstan	W	W	0	W	0						0	0	0	W
Mongolia	W	W	W	W	W
Namibia	306	204	W	298	300	408	290	218	416	398	1069	1140	1157	1198
Netherlands	0	W	W	0	0
Niger	0	W	W	0	329	W	278	W	W	0	W	0	W	W
Portugal									W	W	0	0	0	0
Russia	684	2115	2090	1382	2292	2428	2571	1939	2436	2957	3973	4984	5814	6448
Slovakia			W	0	0
South Africa	425	385	643	990	978	1046	903	778	294	553	804	220	279	W
Spain	0	W
Tajikistan	W	W	W	0	W							W	0	0
Ukraine	W	W	381	W	W	772	W	0	W	W	W	0	W	W
United Kingdom	W	W	0	0	W				W	W	W	0	W	0
United States	2968	2018	3192	3104	2762	4403	5099	5072	2387	3923	4747	4233	4157	1528
Uzbekistan	1365	1498	1331	1060	961	874	740	1016	1364	1433	886	963	777	486
Yugoslavia			0	0	W
Subtotal W	552	1012	381	370	616	411	569	531	522	715	738	487	783	889
TOTAL	14723	16707	18204	16138	16439	18441	19926	21317	20274	21750	24654	25288	25592	19609

Origins of natural uranium delivered to European Union utilities [MTU] ¹) ²)  

Origin Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Canada	3002	3475	3950	3280	3358	4995	5095	3981
NIS	5372
Russia		2780	3900	3444	2336	1786	3985 3)	5406 3)
Other NIS		973
Kazakhstan			2030	984	438	563	526	586
Uzbekistan						683	531	987
Ukraine								129
Niger	2844	2085	1860	2460	2774	2388	3356	3711
Gabon
Australia	1264	1112	1520	2624	2482	3062	3054	3373
South Africa	1738	1390	1350	656	1022	950	978	1055
Namibia
USA						757	488	423
Re-enriched tails (Russia)	474	973	1000	984	876	473	728	408
HEU feed				1312	730	1406	850	866
EU	< 158	695	676	328	146	5	473	553
Other + undetermined	1106	278	510	492	438	530	1335	454
TOTAL	15800	13900	16900	16400	14600	17600	21400	21932

MTU = metric tonnes of uranium
¹) EU-15 to 2005, EU-25 in 2006, EU-27 in 2007
²) approx. values only, calculated from %share
³) "highly unreliable" figure, according to Euratom Supply Agency
(Euratom Supply Agency: Annual Reports 2000 - 2007)

LINKS

GOVERNMENT

• U.S. Department of Energy
  • Energy Information Administration
    • Nuclear and uranium data and Information

• U.S. Department of Commerce
  • International Trade Administration
    • Natural Uranium trade statistics: Export · Import
    • Enriched Uranium trade statistics: Export · Import
    • Depleted Uranium trade statistics: Export · Import

• European Commission
  • Euratom Supply Agency

COMMERCIAL

• Uranium Exchange Company: Ux
  • Uranium Spot Prices: Current · 15-Year Graph · 2-Year Graph
  • Production vs. Requirements Graph
• TradeTech, LLC
• New York Nuclear Corporation (NYNCO)
• Uranium Institute: Trade Issues
• World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI)
• Nukem
• NAC International
• Urangesellschaft mbH
• Uranium Participation Corporation (view SEDAR filings ), managed by Denison Mines Inc.
• Adit Capital Management (view SEC filings )
• Nufcor International Ltd.
• Nufcor Uranium Ltd
• World Nuclear Fuel Market (WNFM)
• AO Techsnabexport
• Edlow International

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