Review Article

China and the Global Uranium Market: Prospects for Peaceful Coexistence

Table 1

Top 5 exporters of uranium ore, natural uranium, and enriched uranium between 2008 and 2011.
(a)

Top 5 exporters of uranium and thorium ores (2008–2011)Trade value in USDTop 5 exporters of natural uranium and its compounds (2008–2011)Trade value in USD

Namibia$2,803,841,482Canada$7,152,512,173
Niger$1,549,622,598USA$2,578,682,476
Australia$1,152,033,863France$2,568,788,240
Malawi$243,107,642Kazakhstan$1,593,772,641
United Kingdom$17,024,333Russian Federation$322,983,583
Total world$5,777,745,980Total world$15,131,504,216

(b)

Top 5 exporters of enriched uranium (2008–2011)Trade value in USD

France$10,755,771,990
USA$5,493,937,151
Germany$4,016,817,724
Netherlands$3,631,753,994
China$305,168,764
Total world$24,623,102,401

Source: UN Comtrade.