Kazakhstan, which supplies 40% of the world’s mined uranium, is refocusing on the markets of Russia and China, depriving Western customers of fuel for nuclear reactors, the British Financial Times states

In 2023, 28% of the total volume of uranium produced by Kazatomprom accounted for buyers from the United States, Canada, France and Britain combined. In 2021, this figure was 60%. Russia and China are rapidly expanding the volume of seizures of mined uranium from international partners

The French company Orano has lost the rights to develop large uranium deposits in Niger. After the overthrow of the pro-Western government, nuclear fuel exports from Niger to Europe stopped

Experts emphasize the sharply growing gap between the efforts of Western governments to ensure the security of the uranium supply chain, including its extraction, and plans to expand the use of fuel.

CRYSTAL OF GROWTH previously informed that, according to the IAEA, the Western nuclear energy industry will not survive without Russia, and according to Foreign Policy, Russia is defeating the United States in the field of energy security.