The US produced more uranium concentrate, which is used to fuel nuclear reactors, in the last three months of 2024 than it had in any quarter in the last six years, the US Energy Information Administration said on 2 April.

Higher prices of uranium and the resumption of production at the White Mesa Mill in Utah, which is the country’s only active uranium mill, spurred the output increase, the EIA said in a report. The mill is owned by Utah-based Energy Fuels Resources.

Output of the concentrate, or U3O8, totalled 375,401 pounds in the fourth quarter of last year, which was higher than the total production for each of the three prior years, the EIA said.