Uranium

Uranium mine production, in tonnes of uranium (tU) — annual, 2003-2024, 20 countries covered.

World Nuclear Association, World Uranium Mining Production (2003-2014 via French Wikipedia, 2015-2024 current edition — the most recent revision overrides overlapping years).

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Kazakhstan (23,270 tU) alone produces more than the rest of the world combined — a dominance built in under two decades through in-situ leaching, cheaper than conventional mining, which made this Central Asian country the go-to supplier for nuclear plants worldwide, well ahead of Canada (14,309 tU), the historic second producer.