Uzbekistan will create a unified state enterprise for extraction and processing of uranium in the near future. The state enterprise will be organized using the Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combine’s assets. Nowadays, Navoi MMC ranks seventh in uranium mining and production of nitrous oxide in the world. It is the sole operator in Uzbekistan engaged…
Co-owner of the ATB, a major retail network, Gennadiy Butkevich has become a major owner of the Nuclear Energy Systems of Ukraine LLC, which in 2017 obtained a right to develop 4 uranium deposits. Butkevich now owns 83.4% in the company. NESU has the licenses to develop Safonovskaya and Mikhailovskaya uranium fields in Nikolayev region,…
Currently, Kazatomprom JSC develops 14 of 56 explored deposits with balance reserves of uranium, the company reported. Today the company, which is the world’s largest producer of natural uranium, is engaged in mining in the Turkistan, Kyzylorda and Akmola regions. “All uranium products of Kazatomprom are exported. Over the past months of this year, the…
In January-November the Republic of Buryatia extracted 784.3 tons of uranium, up by 26% YoY. In 11 months of 2017, 580.3 tons of uranium were mined. Khiagda is developing 2 uranium deposits in the republic. By 2020 it intends to have commissioned another deposit. And after that it will start developing 4 more deposits. (Ukrainian…
Urangeo, a part of the state holding Rosgeologia, has started prospecting works for uranium at the Kuldur field of the Khingan plateau. The corresponding state contract was signed between Rosgeologia and the Department of subsoil use of the Far East Federal District in July. The work will be carried out in the Arkharinsky district of…
Brazil is eager to continue supplying Kazakh uranium ore concentrate, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Brazil Kairat Sarzhanov said at a briefing in Astana on October 31. He reminded that the list of products exported from Kazakhstan to Brazil had been updated and now included uranium ore concentrate. In April Kazatomprom won a…
Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the United Nations Makhmadamin Makhmadaminov spoke about the risks of uranium waste and called for assistance in the reclamation of uranium waste, according to the information department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Makhmadamin Makhmadaminov spoke at the event “People and the Planet: Central Asia…
PPGHO named after Slavsky has started constructing a foundation pit for the mine water treatment plant. By the end of the year contractors have to make foundations of the auxiliary buildings and structures. The contracts for the delivery of the main machinery (pumps, transformers, conditioners, etc.) have already been concluded. The facility is to be…