Uranium Mining

Today it would appear evident that the world's power industry will be further developed, due to construction of nuclear power plants, as more and more countries announce ambitious plans for construction of nuclear reactors. Against this background the issue of coverage of a forthcoming natural uranium deficit becomes ever more critical. Taking into account these tendencies - having unique natural resources, effective low-impact technology and modern management solutions at their disposal - Kazatomprom has initiated a program for a large-scale increase of uranium production - from 3 thousand ton in 2003 to 15 thousand ton by 2010. Under this program the start up of 16 new uranium mines in Kazakhstan is envisaged: enabling Kazakhstan, in future, to increase production output depending on market demand.

№	Mine	Name of company	Date of startup (year)	Design capacity  (ton U/year)
1	Inkai, Sites 1, 2, 3	Inkai JV	2004	4000
2	Southern Moinkum	Katco JV	2006	1000
3	Eastern Moinkum	Mining Company LLP	2006	1000
4	Zarechnoye	Zarechnoye JV	2006	1000
5	Inkai, Site 4	Betpak Dala JV	2007	2000
6	Central Mynkuduk	Ken Dala.kz JV	2007	2000
7	Budenovskoye, Site 2	Karatau LLP	2007	1000
8	Tortkuduk	Katco JV	2007	2000
9	Kanzhugan, Kainarski Site	Mining Company LLP	2008	300
10	West Mynkuduk	APPAK LLP	2008	1000
11	Kharassan 1	Kyzylkum LLP	2008	3000
12	Irkol	Semizbai-U LLP	2008	750
13	Semizbai	Semizbai-U LLP	2009	500
14	Budenovskoye, Site 1	Akbastau JSC	2009	1000
14	Budenovskoye, Site 3, 4	Akbastau JSC	2010	2000
15	Kharassan 2	Baiken-U LLP	2009	2000
16	Southern Zarechnoye	Zarechnoye JV	2010	1000