Dalur is leading among the mining companies of Rosatom in uranium output. According to the company CEO Nikolai Poponin, in 2017 Dalur is expected to produce 592.3 tons of yellow cake, up by 0.1% YoY. The company has drilled 242 shafts and its reserves have increased by 667 tons of uranium. “We have improved the…
In January-October Kazakhstan produced 19.2 thousand tons of uranium, down by 5.5% YoY. According to the Ministry of Energy press-service, in 2016 uranium output totaled 24 thousand tons, in 2015 – 23.8 thousand tons. Kazakhstan is the world leader in natural uranium mining. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September PPGHO fulfilled its uranium production schedule. In particular 1232 tons of the metal have been supplied to the nuclear industry. In addition, some 2.3 million tons of coal have been shipped to consumers. (Ukrainian metal)
Uzbekistan signed a contract on supply of uranium to the United States. The contract is designed for 7 years and its cost exceeds $300 million. “It is a long-term contract. This is very important and significant. The total value of the contract exceeds $300 million,” said Elyor Ganiev the Minister of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan.…
Reclamation of the uranium-tailing dump near Min-Kush village in Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan has started, the Director of the Center for State Regulation of Environmental Protection and Ecological Safety under the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry, Baigabyl Tolongutov, reported. According to him, the reclamation was started by Rosatom (Russia). It plans to spend…
India intends to purchase uranium from Uzbekistan to replenish its strategic reserves. The parties are currently negotiating the matter. The first meetings of the delegations took place two months after the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana. The…
Kazatomprom National Atomic Company JSC and Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC, UAE) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding in Astana. The aim of the memorandum is to establish mutually beneficial cooperation between Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates in terms of peaceful atom and energy industry. In addition, the memorandum reflects the intentions to supply…
Priargunskoye Manufacturing Mining and Chemical Enterprise has put into operation the 7D horizon of the uranium mine No. 8, bringing it to the project capacity of 366 thousand tons of ore (705 tons of uranium) per year. The horizon has been put into operation a year and a half earlier. Instead of 3.5 years, all…