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Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the Islamic republic would halt production of 20 percent enriched uranium by noon (0830 GMT) on Monday.

• 20 января 2014, 16:53

According to him, there may be more than one nuclear power plants.

• 17 января 2014, 16:40

Kazakhstan holds 19% of the global explored reserves of uranium, with the country’s uranium reserves estimated at 802 000 tons.

• 28 ноября 2013, 16:46

World leaders hailed Sunday a "historic" nuclear deal with Iran as a triumph for diplomacy, but cautioned the hard work was just starting to keep Tehran from building a bomb.

• 25 ноября 2013, 11:15

Uranium mining won't be revived in Mangistau Oblast. Its uranium ore is of low-grade, roughly 20 times below the margin considered feasible for development.

• 17 ноября 2013, 16:33

We are working to launch a facility capable of feeding 40 nuclear power plants: KazAtomProm National Uranium Company Chairman of the Board.

• 13 ноября 2013, 21:41

US President Barack Obama spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran, a day after the Israeli leader warned Tehran could convert uranium into weapons-grade material within weeks.

• 29 октября 2013, 15:56

Uranium production output in Kazakhstan made up 20 900 tons in 2012.

• 28 октября 2013, 15:53

Greenland awarded Thursday its first big mining exploitation license, approving an iron extraction project by British company London Mining, and lifted a ban on exploiting uranium.

• 26 октября 2013, 11:29

Back in 2009 Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev suggested hosting an international nuclear fuel bank in the Kazakh territory. The idea was approved of by the IAEA in 2011.

• 16 октября 2013, 23:17

Kazakhstan produced 21,317 tons of uranium in 2012. It is Number One in the world by uranium production and Number Two by uranium deposits.

• 14 октября 2013, 14:58

Niger, one of the world's top sources of uranium, will review its dealings with French firm Areva, which has been mining there for nearly 50 years.

• 07 октября 2013, 14:59

A new uranium conversion plant will be built in Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk by 2018.

• 23 сентября 2013, 19:12

The vanadium deposit in Kazakhstan's Kyzylorda oblast can cover 10 percent of the global vanadium market.

• 20 сентября 2013, 15:40

Zimbabwe has signed a secret deal to supply Iran with the raw materials needed to develop a nuclear weapon, in breach of international sanctions.

• 10 августа 2013, 12:56

KazAtomProm, including its stakes in other companies, produced a total of 11 900 tons in 2012 (over 20% of global production).

• 22 июля 2013, 15:19

An important recent development in Iran's nuclear programme, if it continues, might help to ease international fears that Tehran wants the bomb, but serious questions still remain.

• 30 мая 2013, 16:33

KazAtomProm, including its stakes in other companies, produced a total of 11 900 tons in 2012 (over 20% of global production). In 2011 the Company produced 11 079 tons.

• 23 мая 2013, 15:25

Kazakhstan has uranium reserves for 60-70 years at maximum production level and 80-90 years at current production without replenishment.

• 22 апреля 2013, 18:48

The uranium production output in Kazakhstan made up 20 900 tons in 2012. In 2011 the country’s share in global uranium supplies stood at 35%.

• 15 апреля 2013, 12:51