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Commodityuranium
Critical · 1 lists

Uranium · U

energy_fuel · primary

USGS_2025

Supply · in the ground

Top reserves · 2024

global total: 329 kt UHHI 1.00 · Highly concentrated

Supply · named deposits

Deposits

Highly concentrated3 estimates · 2 deposits

15,614 distinct deposits across the roster · 15,615 occurrences

Geographic spread

Supply · geochemical abundance

Geochemistry

5 summaries · 5 media
Element · mediumDetection · share of samplesConcentration · median to max
U coal
7,525 samples
94%
1.41 ppm · max 223 ppm
U rock
144,325 samples
45%
4.03 ppm · max 604,000 ppm
U sediment
113,031 samples

Supply · out of the ground

Top producers · 2024

1,017 records

Supply

Global production over time

2015 → 2024latest62,463tonnes (metal content)+3% · 10y
2015: 60,362 tonnes (metal content)2016: 62,949 tonnes (metal content)2017: 60,094 tonnes (metal content)2018: 54,759 tonnes (metal content)2019: 54,623 tonnes (metal content)2020: 48,437 tonnes (metal content)2021: 48,195 tonnes (metal content)2022: 50,465 tonnes (metal content)2023: 55,258 tonnes (metal content)2024: 62,463 tonnes (metal content)
20152016

Provenance

Where this data comes from

  • BGS World Mineral Statistics
  • Geoscience Australia AIMR 2025
  • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
  • USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019

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  1. 1🇦🇺Australia
    100.0%329 kt U

1 countries shown · USGS-defined economic reserves

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United States 15,069 · Australia 98 · South Africa 90 · Mexico 76 · Argentina 56

Named producers

  • Birch Island Uranium - Fluorspar Deposit · Canada · British Columbia
  • Stanleigh Mine Elliot Lake · Canada · Ontario
  • Key Lake - Gaertner Mine · Canada · SaskatchewanUnconformity U-Au
  • Agnew Lake · Canada · Ontario
  • Denison Mine · Canada · Ontario

Resource & reserve estimates

Round Top, Round Top depositMeasured plus Indicated11,600 metric tons
Round Top, Round Top depositInferred6,160 metric tons
Bokan Mountain, I&L ZoneInferred61 metric tons

USGS USMIN · deposit-level contained-metal estimates

39%
2.57 ppm · max 7,450 ppm
U soil
44,280 samples
34%
2.74 ppm · max 73,800 ppm
U concentrate
6,106 samples
22%
4.885 ppm · max 20,000 ppm

USGS National Geochemical Database · sorted by detection · detected-sample concentration

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1🇰🇿Kazakhstan
23,270 tonnes (metal content)38%
2🇨🇦Canada
15,952 tonnes (metal content)26%
3🇳🇦Namibia
7,334 tonnes (metal content)12%
4🇦🇺Australia
5,469 tonnes (metal content)9%
5🇺🇿Uzbekistan
3,600 tonnes (metal content)6%
6🇷🇺Russia
2,738 tonnes (metal content)4%
7🇨🇳China
1,600 tonnes (metal content)3%
8🇳🇪Niger
1,080 tonnes (metal content)2%
9🇮🇳India
500 tonnes (metal content)1%
10🇺🇦Ukraine
288 tonnes (metal content)0%
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

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Ir100%Canada · top shareRh100%Canada · top shareRu100%Canada · top shareGa98%China · top shareGe94%China · top shareNb92%Brazil · top shareSi82%China · top shareW79%China · top shareCo77%Congo, Democratic Republic · top share75%China · top shareTe75%China · top share75%China · top shareIn74%China · top sharePt73%South Africa · top shareCu70%China · top share66%China · top shareV64%China · top shareLi64%Australia · top shareAl66%China · top shareNi65%Indonesia · top sharePb62%China · top shareAs50%Peru · top shareMg58%China · top shareBe55%USA · top shareCr55%South Africa · top shareBi54%China · top sharePd44%Russia · top shareTa46%Congo (Kinshasa) · top share49%China · top shareSb43%China · top shareRe44%Chile · top shareB44%Turkey · top shareU38%Kazakhstan · top shareZr36%Australia · top shareMn39%South Africa · top shareZn39%China · top shareTi28%Mozambique · top shareAg34%Mexico · top share29%Canada · top share26%China · top shareSn26%China · top share🇨🇱 CLCutax2024🇨🇩 CDCusurtax2022🇨🇱 CLListrategic resource2023🇨🇳 CNLiexport license2024🇿🇼 ZWLiraw ore ban2022🇮🇩 IDNiraw ore ban2020🇵🇭 PHNiroyalty2024🇷🇺 RUNiimport ban2024🇨🇳 CN→🇻🇳 VNREE+4700%re export surge🇮🇩 IDNi-97%export ban effectLi+38%concentration shift🇨🇳 CNREE-25%concentration shift

Concentration

HHI

0.24

Moderate

Top-1
38%
Top-3
75%
Top-5
90%
NIR
-

Active alerts · 1

  • 38%

    Kazakhstan · top share

Critical lists · 1

  • USGS_2025

Sources · 4

  • BGS World Mineral Statistics
  • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
  • USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019
  • Geoscience Australia AIMR 2025

Concentration

HHI

0.24

Moderate

Top-1
38%
Top-3
75%
Top-5
90%
NIR
-

Active alerts · 1

  • 38%

    Kazakhstan · top share

Critical lists · 1

  • USGS_2025

Sources · 4

  • BGS World Mineral Statistics
  • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
  • USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019
  • Geoscience Australia AIMR 2025