Uranium production from in situ leach (ISL) was the largest production category as of 2022, when ISL production amounted to 27,307 metric tons worldwide. That same year, uranium production from underground mines (including open pit figures, excluding Olympic Dam) came to 18,569 metric tons worldwide, making it the second-largest category of uranium production methods.
Uranium production worldwide from 2014 to 2022, by mining method (in metric tons)
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World Nuclear Association. (May 31, 2023). Uranium production worldwide from 2014 to 2022, by mining method (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/202358/world-uranium-mine-production-by-method/
World Nuclear Association. "Uranium production worldwide from 2014 to 2022, by mining method (in metric tons)." Chart. May 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/202358/world-uranium-mine-production-by-method/
World Nuclear Association. (2023). Uranium production worldwide from 2014 to 2022, by mining method (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/202358/world-uranium-mine-production-by-method/
World Nuclear Association. "Uranium Production Worldwide from 2014 to 2022, by Mining Method (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/202358/world-uranium-mine-production-by-method/
World Nuclear Association, Uranium production worldwide from 2014 to 2022, by mining method (in metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/202358/world-uranium-mine-production-by-method/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Uranium production worldwide from 2014 to 2022, by mining method (in metric tons) [Graph], World Nuclear Association, May 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/202358/world-uranium-mine-production-by-method/