The national atomic company of Kazakhstan has announced plans for a roughly 10% cut in its uranium production in 2026, saying it does not view the current supply-demand balance and existing uncovered demand as sufficient to incentivise a return to its 100% levels at this time.
 

A ceremony has been held near the village of Ulken in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan to mark the start of engineering surveys, the first step in establishing a large-scale nuclear power plant there. The surveys will determine the optimal site and prepare design documentation for the future plant.
 

Cameco, Kazatomprom and Orano have all confirmed their production outlook for the remainder of 2025 in recent first-half results announcements.
 

France's Orano and Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom and their Katco joint venture have announced the full implementation of operations at the South Tortkuduk uranium mining site.

Rosatom has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan's Uzatom Atomic Energy Agency to study a possible gigawatt-scale nuclear power plant featuring two or four VVER-1000 units.

Russia's Rosatom has been selected as the leader of an international consortium to build Kazakhstan's first planned nuclear power plant - with China being lined up to build a second one.

Kazakhstan's national atomic company Kazatomprom has secured a credit facility for the construction of a new 800,000 tonnes per year sulphuric acid plant in Taikonur, in the Turkestan region.

A seven-year agreement to supply natural uranium concentrate for the Czech Republic's ČEZ is described by Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom as "a significant expansion of its presence in Europe".

Kazakhstan has officially shortlisted four reactor vendors for the country's first nuclear power plant following a "competitive dialogue process with potential technology suppliers".