新世纪初全球铀矿山生产的基本态势

新世纪初，全球铀矿山产量略有下降，铀的现货价则明显有上涨势头。全球核电耗铀量未出现大波动，总体平淡。虽然铀矿山生产出现若干突发事件，但是铀生产整体呈平稳状态。铀的供需基本平衡。在新世纪初的全球铀矿山产量中，来自硬岩铀矿的产量依旧是主角，而来自可地浸砂岩铀矿的产量小幅度增长，并占全球矿山总铀产量的1／5。少数跨国铀业公司已成为世界各地低成本铀矿生产中心的主要股东，全球大部分开采中的铀矿床、铀生产中心主要集中在少数几个国家中。铀资源全球化配置的世界经济全球化进程已在铀矿业界中初具雏形。

Basic status of uranium mine production at the beginning of the new century

At the beginning of the new century, the global uranium mine production declined slightly, the spot uranium price was close to or slightly higher than that of the last century. The uranium consumption in global nuclear electricity generation does not fluctuate greatly, remains stable as a whole. Although certain accidents have taken place during the period of uranium mine production, uranium production remains stable, uranium's demand and supply remain balanced basically. In the global uranium mine production at the beginning of the new century, production from hard rock uranium mines still plays the leading role, and production from in-situ leachable sandstone-type uranium mines increases by a small margin and makes up one fifth of the total global uranium mine production. Several transnational uranium industry companies have become the main stockholders of low cost uranium production centers all around the world. Most mining uranium deposits and uranium production centers have centralized in a few countries. The globalized distribution of uranium resources during the progress of the world's economy globalization has taken shape in the uranium industry.