The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan in the second and third readings adopted a bill to invalidate the law “On the prohibition of activities related to geological study of subsoil for the purpose of prospecting, exploration and development of uranium and thorium deposits in the Kyrgyz Republic”. The bill banning the development of uranium and thorium deposits,…
The Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Subsoil Use and Industrial Policy of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan in the second and third readings adopted a bill on lifting the ban on uranium and thorium mining in the republic. The document was approved by four members – Azizbek Tursunbaev, Marat Murataliev, Alisher Kozuev and Zamirbek Mamasadykov.…
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan has passed in the first reading the decree on canceling the moratorium of developing uranium deposits. The moratorium on the extraction of uranium and thorium was imposed after a scandal around the Kyzyl-Ompol deposit near the Issyk-Kul Lake. In spring of 2019, it became known that the UrAsia in Kyrgyzstan company…
Kazakhstan exported 2,300 tons of uranium in 2023 through the territory of Azerbaijan as part of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, or Middle Corridor), the Ministry of Energy reported on the implementation of the concept for the development of the fuel and energy complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2023. As stated in…
Kazatomprom (the national uranium company) continues to diversify uranium supply routes to foreign markets. Thus, the company is working on an agreement with the subsidiaries of China National Nuclear Company (CNNC) – CNUC (China National Uranium Corporation) and CNEIC (China Nuclear Energy Industry) – for the provision of uranium transit services through Chinese territory. Kazatomprom…
The full production level at the South Tortkuduk deposit is estimated at around 4,000 tons of uranium per year in 2026 at the earliest, a source at Orano reports. “Construction of the South Tortkuduk site is progressing according to schedule. The industrial process was initiated in March, with the first productions expected this summer. The…
It is planned to lift the ban on the development of uranium and thorium deposits in Kyrgyzstan. The bill initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers has been submitted for public discussion. The Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision notes that the current law is aimed at protecting public health, land, water bodies, flora…
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…
