Kazakhstan's uranium production output outstrips Q1 targets

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Uranium production output of Kazakhstan outstripped the planned targets in the first quarter of 2014, press service of Kazatomprom JSC said.

At the end of the first quarter of 2014 the country's uranium mining stood at 5,380 tons that is 2% ahead of the performance goals. Kazatomprom uranium output for the first quarter made 2,980 tons. Kazatomprom is a state-owned nuclear holding company in Kazakhstan, which operates in the field of uranium and nuclear fuel cycle services, production of beryllium, tantalum and niobium, and power production. Kazatomprom was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Astana, Kazakhstan. It processes their materials at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. It is the largest metallurgic processing facility in Kazakhstan.