Ukraine: first batch of uranium shipped to Canada

Ukraine has shipped its first batch of uranium to Canada under an agreement signed between Energoatom and Cameco. The agreement presupposes the supply of all uranium extracted by Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works to Canada and its further conversion into natural uranium hexafluoride (UF6). Such a process is necessary to prepare uranium for its further…

Uzbekistan: uranium output to triple by 2030

Uzbekistan intends to triple manufacture of uranium, to 10 thousand tons, until 2030. “All the conditions will be made to increase copper output 3.5-fold, to 500 thousand tons, gold – 1.5-fold, to 155 tons, and silver – 3-fold, to 500 tons,” president Shavkat Mirziyoev has said. Uranium reserves will be increased from 67 thousand tons…

Kyrgyzstan: country sued for banning uranium mining

Due to the ban on uranium mining, a lawsuit was filed against Kyrgyzstan to international arbitration, the Ministry of Justice reported. The process of appointing the composition of the arbitration tribunal by the parties in the framework of arbitration proceedings with International Mining Company Invest Inc. is being completed at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington (USA). A petition to initiate arbitration proceedings was registered in September. The company’s…