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Asia has several large uranium producers in Russia, Uzbekistan, China, India, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Most are state owned, but French Uranium miner Cogema has been active with projects in the CIS.

^ Russia

Russia has massive uranium stockpiles at around 200 000 – 250 000t.

^ Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan was the Soviet Union's largest uranium producer, but production has fallen nearly two thirds since the break-up of the USSR. The Ulba Metallurgical Plant (UMZ) of Kazakhstan is the country's largest producer of uranium, niobium, tantalum and beryllium. Kazakhstan holds 30 percent of the world's uranium reserves and is at present the fourth largest uranium producer in the world.

Israel's Sabton Ltd. is planning to invest $100 million into KazSabton, a local uranium mining and beneficiation complex.

Cogema and Cameco the established French and Canadian Uranium miners have begun development of deposits in Kazakhstan.

^ China

China’s main producer is the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) 100% owned by the government of China.

^ India

China’s main producer is the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd, wholly owned by the India Government

^ Uzbekistan

NMMC and the French company COGEMA completed feasibility studies on uranium mining projects west of Tashkent, focussing on the Surgaly deposit in central Kysylkum desert.

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