ANALYSIS: Kazatomprom aims for top nuclear spot

As the nuclear industry enjoys a global revival, Kazatomprom is positioning itself to overtake Cameco as the world’s largest producer of uranium. It said in July that it expects to achieve this as early as next year, rather than in 2010 as originally planned.

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Kazakhstan plans to become global leader in uranium production by 2009

(SRI) - Kazakhstan aims to become the leading producer of uranium by 2009, Mukhtar Dzhakishev, president of Kazakhstan’s state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom, said on Tuesday.

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Kazakhstan to build sulfur processing plants

Kazatomprom, the Kazakh national nuclear company, plans to build several sulfur processing plants in the republic, said Raushan Sarmurzina, director of the Petrochemical Department at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, at the Kazakh-Canadian business forum in Astana on Wednesday.

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Kazkahstan Energy Roundup - July 3, 2008

ENI CEO says Kashagan going full steam
(Reuters) - Kazakhstan’s Kashagan oil field, which has suffered severe delays, is now going full steam, the chief executive of operator ENI said, playing down suggestions the government was holding up the project.

Tensions mire Kazakh oil potential
(UPI) - The strained relationship with energy-rich Kazakhstan and world oil giants overshadows the renewed international interest in the country’s vast reserves.

Kazakh uranium plans develop with acid plant
(World Nuclear News) - Kazakhstan’s uranium mining operations stepped forward recently with permission to ramp up the South Inkai in-situ leach mine and a new sulfuric acid plant essential for such operations.

Seeking a Caspian Sea route to export oil to Europe (AsiaNews.it)

Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus need to negotiate energy transportation tariffs (TREND)

Tethys Petroleum Limited: Appointment of Vice President of Operations (Marketwire)

Bracewell & Giuliani represents KazMunaiGas in one of the largest-ever emerging market corporate bond offerings (BusinessWire)

Kazakhstan rising

Kazakhstan is one of the rising energy powers, with huge reserves of oil and natural gas and also tremendous reserves of uranium, which is often forgotten.

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Uranium and nuclear power in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has been an important source of uranium for more than fifty years. Over 2001-2006 production rose from 2000 to 5279 tonnes U per year, and further mine development is under way with a view to annual production of 18,000 tU/yr by 2010 and 30,000 tU by 2018.

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