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Uranium in numbers

Uranium (U) drawn as one poster: 3 critical mineral lists. Scroll to draw it, then download it as SVG or PNG.

PROSPECTOR TRAILS · INFOGRAPHIC · DATA YEAR 2025UraniumUEnergy mineral · symbol UUranium fuels nuclear power reactors; demand comes from utilities on long-term contracts.CRITICAL MINERAL LISTS3Current government critical or strategic lists naminguranium, across 3 jurisdictions.TRADE FLOWS 2024Biggest uranium trade routesKazakhstan → Russia$1.8 bnKazakhstan → China$1.8 bnCanada → United States$1.2 bnCanada → Netherlands$810 mNamibia → China$702 mHS 284410: Natural uranium and its compounds. World trade $11 bn in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI (HS22).POLICYOn the critical listsUnited States (USGS): critical 2025Canada: critical 2024China: strategic 2016prospectortrails.comSources: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, CEPII BACI, IEA (CC BY 4.0), World Bank,government lists. Figures rounded.PROSPECTOR TRAILSOpen data, drawn in numbers
Uranium infographic: world production, top producers, producing countries on a map, trade routes, critical lists. Data year 2025.

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The figures on the poster, with their sources. Production and reserves are USGS estimates, trade values are CEPII BACI customs data, demand is the IEA's outlook.

Critical mineral lists
3 current lists in 3 jurisdictions (Canada, China, United States) government critical mineral lists
Largest trade flow, 2024
Kazakhstan → Russia, $1.8 bn (HS 284410, Natural uranium and its compounds); world trade $11 bn CEPII BACI trade database

Sources

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics) · CEPII BACI trade database · government critical mineral lists. Figures are rounded; country names follow our atlas.

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