Kazakhstan to decrease uranium output

Kazakhstan, which is the biggest uranium producer in the world, plans to decrease uranium production by 8%, or by 2,000 tons in 2017 (about 3% of total global output), Kazakh State Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna said in a report. The output will be reduced due to weak market conditions triggered mostly by a global oversupply. In…

Kazakhstan: uranium production to drop in 2017

Kazakhstan plans to reduce uranium production by 10% in 2017, Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom said in a message. This decision was made considering current oversupply on the uranium market. The target uranium production for 2017 will be reduced by 2,000 tons, which is 3% of the total global uranium production, according to 2015 UxC…

Kazakhstan to supply high-quality uranium to China

Kazatomprom chairman Askar Zhumagaliev has visited China and negotiated with the management of CGNPC and CNNC. The parties discussed the nuclear energy industry development, uranium mining and transit through China, as well as delivery of the high-quality uranium to China. Askar Zhumagaliev invited his Chinese colleagues to take part in the Astana EXPO-2017 and show…