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U.S. Uranium Mills by Owner, Capacity, and Operating Status at End of the Year

Table 4. U.S. Uranium Mills by Owner, Capacity, and Operating Status at End of the Year, 2005-2009 Mill Owner Mill Name Milling Capacity Operating Status at End of the Year (short tons of ore per day) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Cotter Corporation Canon City Mill 400 Operating Standby Standby Standby Standby Denison White Mesa L.L.C. White Mesa Mill 2,000 Operating-Processing Alternate Feed Operating-Processing Alternate Feed Operating-Processing Alternate Feed Operating Operating Energy Fuels Resources Corp. Piñon Ridge Mill 500 - - - Developing Developing Kennecott Uranium Company/Wyoming Coal Resource Company Sweetwater Uranium Project 3,000 Standby Standby Standby Standby Standby Uranium One Exploration U.S.A. Inc Shootaring Canyon Uranium Mill 750 Reclamation Standby Changing License To Operational Changing License To Operational Standby Total Milling Capacity   6,650              - = No data reported.   Notes: Milling capacity for 2009.  An operating status of "operating" usually indicates the mill was producing uranium concentrate at the end of the year.   Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration: Form EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report" (2005-2009).