The state-owned enterprise Skhidny Mining and Processing Plant in 2021 reduced the production of uranium oxide concentrate (UOC) by 38.9% (by 289.07 tonnes) compared to 2020, to 454.63 tonnes.
According to the company’s data on the unified public portal of open data, 32.17 tonnes of UOC were produced in January, 31.37 tonnes in February, 49.8 tonnes in March, 37.8 tonnes in April, and 41.57 tonnes in May, 35.1 tonnes in in June, 52.3 tonnes in July, nothing in August, 60.14 tonnes in September, 33.28 tonnes in October, 18.1 tonnes in November, 63 tonnes in December.
In addition, in January 2022, the production of uranium concentrate by the enterprise amounted to 24.6 tonnes.
Skhidny Mining is the only enterprise in Ukraine and the largest enterprise in Europe for the extraction and processing of uranium ore. The annual demand of Ukrainian NPPs for uranium concentrate is about 22,400 tonnes.