Rosatom keeps uranium mining flat at 3,000 tonnes in 2017

MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. Atomredmedzoloto (ARMZ), an affiliate of the mining division of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, maintained uranium mining in Russia in 2017 at the level of 3,000 tonnes, similarly to 2016, the company said on Wednesday. “ARMZ completely delivered the annual plan of strategic feedstock supplies for the nuclear industry, keeping …

Nuclear Power Market in Kazakhstan

The new report from Energy & Natural Resources Market Reports has been published today. It provides updated in 2018 year analysis of energy & natural resources industries. Kazakhstan is situated in an unstable region, bordering weak Central Asian republics such as Uzbekistan and near war-torn Afghanistan. Kazakhstan has a major plant making nuclear fuel pellets and aims …

Chinese plant produces AP1000 reload assemblies

China’s first AP1000 fuel production line has now produced 64 sets of fuel assemblies ready for the first reloading of the Sanmen AP1000 units. Both Sanmen AP1000s are scheduled to begin operating later this year. “The specifications of the components met the technical requirements and provide guarantee for the subsequent safe and stable operation of …

Russian factory launches new centrifuges for uranium enrichment

YEKATERINBURG, December 28. /TASS/. New-generation gas centrifuge for uranium enrichment came on stream at the Urals Electrochemical Factory [Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region] on Thursday, the press service of the factory told TASS. “The enterprise successfully launched five sections of a technological unit equipped with ninth-generation gas centrifuges,” the report said. According to Mikhail Denisov, the chief of …

Supply cuts a ‘step change’ for uranium price 

The announcement made by uranium giant Cameco in November  that it’s suspending operations at its flagship McArthur River mine in northern Saskatchewan and surprisingly deep three-year cuts by Kazakhstan’s state-owned Kazatomprom  provide a “step change” for uranium prices says a new report on the sector from Cantor Fitzgerald equity research. On Monday, the world largest producer …

Boss consolidates Honeymoon uranium project ownership

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Boss Resources has entered into a binding conditional agreement to buy Wattle Mining – the owner of 20% of the shares in the Honeymoon uranium project – in a move that will give the company full ownership of the South Australian project. Consolidating the ownership sets the Honeymoon project on the path to be Australia’s next uranium producer, with production of about …

Kazatomprom announces further production cuts

December 4 2017, Astana – NAC Kazatomprom JSC (“Kazatomprom” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), the world leader in the extraction of natural uranium, today announced its intention to reduce planned uranium production by 20% under Subsoil Use Contracts of Company enterprises, in order to better align its output with demand. The scheduled cuts will …