US uranium production reaches six-year high
Last year saw the highest US production of uranium concentrate since 2018, spurred by a sustained period of higher uranium prices, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
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"The increase largely came from two in-situ recovery facilities, one in Texas and one in Wyoming, and the resumption of uranium production at White Mesa Mill in Utah, the only operational uranium mill in the United States," the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said. "Production in the fourth quarter of 2024 alone was higher than the total annual production for each of the years in 2019-23."
According to the latest Domestic Uranium Production Report, US production of uranium concentrate in the fourth quarter of 2024 totalled 375,401 pounds U3O8 (144.4 tU), more than triple the third quarter production. Production in the fourth quarter came from four in-situ recovery (also known as in-situ leach) operations in Wyoming (Nichols Ranch ISR Project, Lost Creek Project, Ross CPP and Smith Ranch-Highland Operation) and two in Texas (Alta Mesa Project and Rosita), in addition to White Mesa
From the EIA's quarterly figures - which it cautions are preliminary - total production for 2024 was 676,939 pounds U3O8. (2023 production was only 50,000 pounds as there was no production at White Mesa that year; 2022 production was 194,000 pounds.)
The EIA is the statistical and analytical agency within the US Department of Energy. Its full annual report on US uranium production activities is slated for publication in May.
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