In January-June, Kazatomprom increased uranium output by 6% YoY, to 10.8 thousand tons. Sales decreased by 18%, to 7.7 thousand tons. Average price grew by 41%, to $66.22 per pound. (Ukrainian metal)
As part of the state subsoil geological survey program, Kazatomprom conducted geological studies at the Vostochny block of the Zhalpak deposit (East Zhalpak block) in Turkestan region using its own funds, which resulted in the discovery of P1 and P2 uranium resources, the press service of Kazatomprom reported. According to preliminary estimates, inferred resources amount…
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov signed the Law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts (the Code of Offences, the Law “On Subsoil”) and invalidating the Law “On Prohibition of Activities Related to the Geological Survey of Subsoil for the Purpose of Search, Exploration and Development of Uranium, Thorium Deposits in the Kyrgyz Republic”. The document…
Kazatomprom has signed a new contract on subsoil use, which presupposes uranium extraction at the site No. 3 of the Inkai deposit. The contract was concluded in June as a result of direct negotiations with the Ministry of Energy. Within 4 years, 701 tons of uranium will be extracted. Inkai is one of key uranium…
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…