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(Data released in May 2004, Next release: May 2005)
Operating Status of Conventional Uranium Mills, End of the Year, 2002-2003
Mill Owner(s) Mill Name Milling Capacitya
(short tons of ore per day)
Operating Status
at End of the Year
2002 2003
Cotter Corporation Canon City 400 I standby
Dawn Mining Company LLC Dawn/Ford -- CP demolished
Kennecott Uranium Co. / Wyoming Coal Resource Company
Sweetwater 3,000 I standby
Plateau Resources Limited Shootaring Canyon -- CP reclamation
Rio Algom Mining Ambrosia Lake -- I shutdown
White Mesa LLC White Mesa 2,000 I standby
Summary of Mill Status
Number of Mills
Operatingb -- -- 0 0
Inactive/standby -- -- 4 3
Total -- -- 4 3
Available Milling Capacity
Operating
(tons of ore per day)
-- -- 0 0
Inactive/standby
(tons of ore per day)
-- -- 12,400 5,400
Total Available Capacity
(tons of ore per day)
-- -- 12,400 5,400

   aMilling capacity based on data reported on Form EIA-851A for 2003.
   bMilled uranium-bearing ore (conventional milling) at the end of year.
    O = Operating at the end of the year. I = Inactive at the end of the year. CP = Closed permanently (will not be restarted).
   -- = Not applicable.
   Sources: Energy Information Administration: 2002-Uranium Industry Annual 2002 (May 2003), Table 6. 2003-Form EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report"



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Uranium Industry Annual 2002:
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