Mining and Metals Central Asia

Gold Mining in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has become a very popular country for international firms to invest in as the benefits the country offers, particularly cash back on profits, made investments in the region all the more enticing. The...

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Kazakhstan is now the US top uranium supplier

Kazakhstan is now the United States’ top supplier of uranium for the country’s nuclear power plants, after overtaking Australia last year, figures published by the Energy Information Administration...

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Kazakhstan increases gold production in 2016

Kazakhstan increased the production of raw, semi-finished gold and gold in the form of a powder up to 4.32 tons in January 2016, recording an increase of 9.4 percent over the same period in 2015, Kazakhstan’s...

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Kazakhstan plans to increase position in rare earth global market

Kazakhstan plans to increase its share in the global market of rare earth elements (REE) during the next several years, which is expected to take place through the more active development of local REE...

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Canadian companies interested in investing in mining industry of Kazakhstan

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan delegation of the Ministry for Investment and Development has participated in the annual international mining forum titled "Prospectors & Developers Association of...

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Kazakhstan increases uranium production in 2015

Kazakhstan increased uranium production up to 23.8 million tons in 2015, Kazakhstan's national atomic company Kazatomprom said Jan. 18. Kazakhstan produced 22,829 tons of uranium in 2014. Thus,...

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100 new subsoil use sites in Kazakhstan could be auctioned in June 2016

An auction of legal rights to subsoil use on 100 sites in Kazakhstan could take place in June 2016, Albert Rau, Vice Minister of Investments and Developments has told KazTAG. “This year we are...

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Kazakhstan to remain top of uranium heap for next decade: Kazatomprom

Kazakhstan will continue to dominate the world's production of uranium up until 2025, according to Kazatomprom, the state-owned entity that mines and explores for uranium, and also produces atomic power...

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5 mining trends for 2016

Despite falling commodity prices, and a number of key challenges hitting the industry in 2016, mining still has some interesting trends emerging in 2016. Deloitte has identified several issues that...

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Japan tightens grip on Kazakhstan’s emerging rare earths sector

Kazakhstan is believed to hold important reserves of rare earths, used in a variety of industries including green technology, defence systems and consumer electronics. Japan is tightening the grip...

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30th Central Asian International Mining Exploration & Mining Equipment Exhibition