Production
Source: Saskatchewan uranium producers
To convert
tonnes of uranium to pounds of U3O8,
multiply tonnes by 2,599.8
Numbers may not reflect total due to rounding.
* Ore from McArthur River is trucked to Key Lake where it is then fed into the Key Lake mill and processed into yellowcake.
- Canada’s uranium is used exclusively for the generation of electricity at nuclear power plants. End use is strictly enforced by international non-proliferation agreements and export restrictions.
- Over the last three decades, uranium has been an important Canadian energy resource used in nuclear power reactors providing one of the cleanest sources of energy available today.
- Nuclear power provides about 16% of Canada’s electricity.
- Canada is the world’s largest producer of natural uranium, producing approximately 22% of total world production. All of the uranium production in Canada comes from Saskatchewan mines.
- The annual uranium production from Saskatchewan contains more energy than the energy contained in all of Canada’s annual oil and natural gas production combined.
- Over 80% of the uranium shipped from Saskatchewan mines goes to non-Canadian markets for the generation of electricity.
Note: Uranium in Saskatchewan information is current as of December 31, 2007.
The information is updated on an annual basis.
