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Kazatomprom, Chu-Sarysu basin
Région du Turkistan, Kazakhstan44.00°N 67.90°E
computed criticality27/100
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23,270 tU in 2024; Kazakhstan accounts for ≈40–43% of world extraction
2024Fault line
The world's leading producer by in-situ leaching, dependent on a single reagent (sulphuric acid, recurrently in short supply) and on export routes running mostly through Russia. The trans-Caspian route, touted as an alternative, remains narrow. No global supply scenario holds without the Kazakh basin.
Actors
Kazatomprom (Astana)
Joint ventures with Orano, Cameco, Uranium One/Rosatom, CGN
Depends on 1
Galkynysh, Turkmen gasGrids & Energy · Link↗Feeds 3
Orano, Malvési / NarbonneNuclear↗Rosatom / TENEXNuclear↗Cameco, Port HopeNuclear↗Sources