List of uranium projects
is carried out in about 13 countries around the world, in 2017 producing a cumulative total of 59,462 tonnes of uranium. The international producers were Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia, Namibia, Niger, Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, China, United States, Ukraine, India, South Africa and Pakistan. Since 2009 the in-situ leach mining operations in Kazakhstan have been producing the largest share of world uranium.
The largest conventional uranium mines are Cigar Lake and McArthur River ; Ranger and Olympic Dam ; Krasnokamensk and Rossing. The largest uranium producers are Cameco, Rio Tinto, Areva, KazAtomProm and ARMZ-TVEL.
The production methods employed are conventional underground and open cast and in-situ leaching. About 50 uranium production centers are operational.