Look at the top 5 uranium-producing companies in the world.
5. Uranium One
Uranium production (2022): 4,454 tons
Uranium One is an international group of companies and one of the five largest uranium producers in the world. Uranium One is an indirect subsidiary of Russia’s state-run nuclear company Rosatom, which also owns and operates uranium mines in Kazakhstan through subsidiaries and joint ventures. Uranium One, which accounts for 9% of the world’s uranium production, produced 4,454 tons of uranium in 2022.
4. General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) of China
Uranium Production (2022): 4,627 Tonnes
One of the biggest producers of uranium is China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), a state-owned energy company in China. The company runs a number of nuclear power facilities in China. CGN produced about 10% of the world’s uranium supply in 2022 with 4,627 tonnes of uranium produced.
3. Orano
Uranium production (2022): 5,519 tons
Orano is a French multinational nuclear fuel cycle company and one of the world’s top three uranium producers. Orano is majority-owned by the French state and is actively engaged in technical activities in uranium mining, conversion and enrichment, recycling and nuclear waste management, decommissioning and dismantling, and nuclear fuel cycle. Orano, which accounts for 11% of the world’s uranium production, produced 5,519 tons of uranium in 2022.
2. Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ)
Uranium Production (2022): 5,675 tons
Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) ranks 2nd in the list of top 10 uranium producers in the world Canada’s uranium company. The company, which accounts for 12% of the world’s uranium production, produced 5,675 tons of uranium in 2022. Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) is a leading supplier of uranium needed to generate clean, reliable baseload power around the world. Our Fuel Services division is also a major provider of processing services necessary to produce fuel for nuclear power plants.
1. JSC National Atomic Company Kazatomprom (LSE:KAP)
Uranium production (2022): 11,373 tons
JSC National Atomic Company Kazatomprom (LSE:KAP) tops the list of the world’s largest uranium producers . All of our mining and processing operations are located in Kazakhstan. JSC National Atomic Company Kazatomprom (LSE:KAP) is Kazakhstan’s domestic operator of import and export of uranium and its compounds, fuel for nuclear power plants, and specialized equipment and technology. The company accounts for 23% of the world’s uranium supply and is the world’s largest producer and distributor of natural uranium. In 2022, JSC National Atomic Energy Company Kazatomprom (LSE:KAP) produced 11,373 tons of uranium.
