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China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN) signs agreement with Kazatomprom on uranium mining joint
venture in Kazakhstan

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China General Nuclear Power Corp
(CGN) announced that it signed an agreement Monday (Dec. 14) with
Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom to jointly build a nuclear fuel assembly plant and mine uranium deposits in the central
Asian country. The largest nuclear power supplier in China said the main business terms, and construction and
development schedules had been agreed upon with the Kazakh company. CGN gave no further details on either
project.
Cooperation between the two firms on uranium development and trade and nuclear fuel fabrication was initiated in
2006. The two have a uranium mining joint venture, and CGN also imports nuclear fuel pellets and uranium from
Kazatomprom. (China Daily Dec. 15, 2015)
Kazakhstan to supply India with 5,000 tonnes of uranium
Kazakhstan on Wednesday (July 8) signed an agreement with India to supply New Delhi with 5,000 tonnes of uranium
over the next five years, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. Kazakhstan supplied India with 2,100 tonnes of uranium between 2010 and 2014. (AFP Jul 8, 2015)
Kazakhstan to raise uranium output to 21,346 tonnes in 2012
Kazakhstan plans to increase uranium production to 21,346 metric tons next year, said Kazatomprom, the state nuclear
company. (Bloomberg Dec. 14, 2011)
Kazakhstan ready to increase annual uranium production up to 25,000 - 30,000 tonnes
Kazakhstan is ready to increase its annual uranium production up to 25,000-30,000 tonnes under the related market
demands and can build its own nuclear power plant within the next ten years, Vice President of the national atomic
energy company Kazatomprom Sergei Yashin said at the Sixth Eurasian Forum KAZENERGY-2011 on Wednesday
(Oct. 5); Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
Kazatomprom has revised the outlook for Kazakhstan's uranium production in 2011 to 19,900 tonnes. In 2010,
uranium production in Kazakhstan reached 17,803 tonnes. (Kazakhstan Today Oct. 6, 2011)