US mines produced 1,039,075 pounds of uranium concentrate in the first quarter of 2026, a figure that held nearly even with the 1,043,474 pounds produced in the final quarter of 2025, according to the Energy Information Administration's latest quarterly production report. Output came from six operating facilities: four in Wyoming, one in Texas, and one in Utah. The White Mesa Mill in San Juan County, Utah, accounted for the largest share of the quarter's total, producing 788,404 pounds, up from 684,947 pounds the previous quarter. Wyoming's in-situ recovery operations, including the Lost Creek, Smith Ranch-Highland, Ross, and Willow Creek projects, together contributed the remainder of the quarter's output. The country's in-situ recovery plants carry a combined production capacity of 35.6 million pounds of uranium concentrate per year, though most of that capacity currently sits idle, with facilities such as Moore Ranch, Reno Creek, and the Sweetwater Uranium Project listed as permitted or on standby rather than actively producing. Only one conventional uranium mill, the White Mesa facility, remains in operation nationwide, while sites such as the Shootaring Canyon mill in Utah stay on standby status. The steady quarterly output near the one million pound mark reflects a sustained rebound in domestic mining activity following years of curtailed operations, as utilities and the federal government continue pushing to rebuild a uranium supply chain that had grown heavily dependent on imports.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration - https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/quarterly/