Russian State-Owned Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom Subsidiaries Produced the Total of 7,900 Metric Tons of Uranium in 2016.

Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) / Exploration, Mining, Marketing, & Acquisitions

Rosatom international mining division, Uranium One Inc., has increased its production of uranium by 1.8% to about 4,900 metric tons in 2016, the division said in its annual report on February 15. Deputy Director of the ARMZ Uranium Holding Marina Liborakina said in mid-September, that Rosatom uranium subsidiary was expected to mine 3,000 metric tons of uranium in 2016.

The annual report has not been published to date. Total Russian uranium production in 2016 was 7,900 tonnes (including 4,900 tonnes produced abroad). Rosatom, is the third largest world uranium producer and is in second place in the world by its uranium reserves and nuclear energy generation capacities, providing for 36% of the global uranium enrichment services market.

For more on Rosatom, see ... http://www.rosatom.ru/en/rosatom-group/uranium-mining/

For more on Uranium One, Inc mining in the U.S., see ... http://www.uranium1.com/index.php/en/mining-operations/united-states/willow-creek 

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