By Madina Usmanova

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan, September 22. Around 24
percent of U.S. uranium imports come from Kazakhstan, said Kazakh
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during a meeting with American
business representatives in New York, Trend reports.

He added that Kazakhstan currently supplies about 40 percent of
global uranium demand. The president also stressed the country’s
commitment to diversified energy development.

“While more than 70 percent of Kazakhstan’s electricity
generation relies on coal, he emphasized efforts to promote cleaner
and more efficient coal-based technologies, alongside the nation’s
established oil, gas, coal, and uranium strategy,” he pointed

Tokayev further pointed to critical raw materials as a second
priority, citing Kazakhstan’s significant reserves of copper,
tungsten, lead, zinc, lithium, and graphite—resources increasingly
vital to high-tech industries. He noted that the country has built
a transparent and investor-friendly mining framework, already
attracting major companies such as Ivanhoe, Rio Tinto, Anglo
American, and Fortescue.