由于地浸采铀具有生产成本低与环境友好等优点,近年来,其占世界天然铀总产量的份额逐年增加,2016年占比达到48%.目前,主要的地浸采铀生产国为哈萨克斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦、澳大利亚、美国、俄罗斯与中国.哈萨克斯坦的可地浸砂岩型铀资源量占世界总量的89%,2016年19个地浸矿山的天然铀产量达到24575 t.乌兹别克斯坦采用酸法浸出,单个地浸矿山的生产能力600~1000 t/a.澳大利亚Beverley North和Four Mile地浸矿山正在生产,2016年产量约1087 t.美国地浸矿山均采用CO2+O2浸出,6座地浸矿山正在生产,由于国际铀价低迷未发挥最大生产能力.俄罗斯两座地浸矿山正在运行,生产能力超过了1000 t/a.%Because of the advantages of low operating cost and friendly environment ,the proportion of uranium produced by in-situ leaching mines has been increased year by year ,about 48% in 2016 .At the present time ,main in-situ leaching of uranium producers are Kazakhstan ,Uzbekistan ,Australia ,the United States ,Russia and China .In Kazakhstan ,the uranium resources amenable to in-situ leaching occupy up 89%of the total world resources and total uranium production from 19 in-situ leaching mines gave 24575 t in 2016 .Acid in-situ leaching process has been widely used in Uzbekistan where in-situ leaching mines have production capacity from 600 to 1000 t/a .Beverly North and Four mile ,the two in-situ leaching uranium mines are in operation in Australia with the production of 1087 t in 2016 .Six CO2 + O2 in-situ leaching mines were in active which did not reach the maximum production capacity due to low uranium price .Two active in-situ leaching uranium mines in Russia and potential production capacity surpass 1000 t/a .
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