Kazakhstan, which has in recent years said it is limiting productionincreases in an effort to boost uranium prices, will produce 4.8% moreU3O8 in 2019 than in 2018, Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbaev,said in a statement posted on the ministry’s website February 8.Kazakhstan will produce 22,742 metric tons of uranium in 2019,Bozumbaev said.In 2018, Kazakhstan mined 21,699 mtU, in accordance with the planapproved by the national government, the energy ministry said inearlier statements.The decision to increase U3O8 production was taken even thoughthe conditions of the global uranium market remain "complicated,"Bozumbaev said. Uranium prices have remained below what mostproducers say are their costs of production.
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机译：哈萨克斯坦能源部长卡纳特·博祖姆巴耶夫（Kanat Bozumbaev）表示，哈萨克斯坦近年来表示将限制产量以提高铀价格，2019年的铀产量将比2018年增加4.8％。 r nBozumbaev表示，哈萨克斯坦2月8日在该部网站上发表声明。 r nBozumbaev表示，哈萨克斯坦将在2019年生产22,742公吨铀。 r n2018年，哈萨克斯坦根据该计划开采了21,699 mtU铀。能源部在最近的声明中表示。 r n尽管全球铀市场的形势仍然“复杂”，但仍决定增加U3O8的产量。说过。铀的价格一直低于大多数生产者所说的生产成本。
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