【世界核协会网站2008年7月报道】2007年,全球的天然铀总产量约为41279tU,比2006年(39429tU)增长了约4.7%。世界铀矿开采业在2007年继续呈现下述特点:.天然铀产量的地域分布极为不均,前三大铀生产国即加拿大、澳大利亚和哈萨克斯坦的产量占世界总产量近60%;.地浸矿产量在总产量 [World Nuclear Association website reported in July 2008] In 2007, the world’s total natural uranium output of about 41279tU, compared with 2006 (39429tU) increased by about 4.7%. The uranium mining industry in the world continued to show the following characteristics in 2007: The geographical distribution of natural uranium production is extremely uneven with the output of the top three uranium producing countries, namely Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan, accounting for nearly 60% of the world’s total output; Baptist ore output in the total output