Kazakhstan

With nuclear reactor builds currently outpacing new uranium mine supply and the rapid growth of AI and data centres is reinforcing the need for large-scale baseload power, uranium's investment case... 

Chinese aluminium producers are pushing abroad as part of an expansion spree that could tip the world market for the metal into surplus even as the wave of investment faces greater scrutiny from... 

ASX-listed Sarytogan Graphite finds in a definitive feasibility study (DFS) on the Upstream Sarytogan graphite project, in Kazakhstan, the potential to produce 50 000 t/y of graphite concentrate in... 

TSX-V and ASX-listed Cygnus Metals has garnered regulatory approval in Kazakhstan for its proposed merger with Aim-listed Central Asia Metals. Cygnus, which is being acquired by Central Asia in an... 

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted the country's first summit with the leaders of five Central Asian countries on Wednesday, putting critical minerals, energy and supply-chain cooperation... 

China's aluminium smelters have been running red hot this year. The Shanghai aluminium price is nudging three-month highs, raw material costs are historically low and margins are strong. Every... 

ASX-listed Lindian Resources has signed a technology and engineering services agreement, as well as a long-term binding offtake agreement, with global rare earth processing and separation company... 

Global oil supply will fall by 4.3-million barrels per day (bpd), or around 4%, this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, as renewed hostilities in the Middle East disrupt... 

ASX-listed Lindian Resources has announced the strategic full acquisition of the Sareco mixed rare earths carbonate (MREC) hydrometallurgical processing facility, in Kazakhstan, increasing its... 

Kazakhstan increased its uranium production in the first six months of 2026 by 9% year-on-year, Kazatomprom, the world's largest uranium producer, reported on Monday. It said it had produced 13 291... 

London-listed Ferro-Alloy Resources has appointed Peter Secker CEO effective mid October, following which current CEO Nick Bridgen will transition to non-executive deputy chairperson. Ferro-Alloy... 

Following the latest hostilities in the US war with Iran, precious metals prices dropped across the board, with the gold price falling back below $4 100/oz and silver below $60/oz. In its latest... 

India’s largest power producer is seeking to invest in overseas uranium mines to secure supplies needed to fuel 30 GW of nuclear power capacity it plans to build over the next two decades.... 

The Krasno-Oktyabrskoye Bauxite Mining Unit (KBRU) of Aluminium of Kazakhstan, owned by Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a leading global metals and mining company, has officially launched a project... 

Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (Orion CMC), a minerals investment group backed by the US government, is in advanced discussions to establish three new public-private partnerships in Asia as it... 

Look out for PyroFuZA. Those eight letters have the potential to make best use of South Africa’s natural resources and restore South Africa’s value-adding power, which, in turn, can help to foot... 

Aim-listed base metals miner Central Asia Metals has proposed to acquire ASX- and TSX-V-listed Cygnus Metals at an implied equity value of A$232-million. The companies have entered into a... 

The symbol U and the atomic number 92 are once again among the energy elements being looked at with greater intensity amid global fossil fuel supply disruption and growing demand for triuranium... 

Martin Creamer talks about uranium demand, Northern Cape copper and Cementation Africa.