Washington (Platts)--15May2008

US uranium production in 2007 totaled 4,533,578 lb, up 10% from 4,105,626
lb in 2006, DOE's Energy Information Administration said in a report released
May 14.
First-quarter 2008 production was 810,189 lb, down from 1,162,737 lb in
first-quarter 2007, it said. Production came from one US mill -- Denison's
White Mesa in Utah -- and five US in-situ-leach mines, the same as in 2006,
EIA said. The mines are Mestena Uranium's Alta Mesa in Texas; Crow Butte
Resources' Crow Butte in Nebraska; Uranium Resources' Kingsville Dome and
Vasquez, both in Texas; and Power Resources' Smith Ranch-Highland in Wyoming