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Inkai (JV)

Name: Inkai (JV)
Address: Turkistan (Sozak district), Kazakhstan

Uranium mine / mill · Turkistan (Sozak district), Kazakhstan · operated by JV Inkai (Cameco / Kazatomprom) (CCJ)

Status

Operating

Production (2024, annual, WNA)

2,992 tU

Resources

290 Mlbs U₃O₈

Grade

0.03% U₃O₈

Published figures

Estimated

Production (2024, annual, WNA)	2,992 tU	source
Resources	290 Mlbs U₃O₈	source
Grade	0.03% U₃O₈	source
AISC	$22/lb	source
Deposit type	Sandstone (ISR)	source
Mining method	ISR	unsourced
Ownership	Cameco (40%), Kazatomprom (60%)	source

Quarterly production (100% basis)

100% basis

Real

Dried and drummed U3O8 is the production figure; upstream stages are labelled and never substituted. Hover a figure for the company's wording and unit; click it to open the document. The annual tU figure above is the WNA mining table, a different measure. Sector-wide tracker →

Period	Dried and drummedMlb U3O8, 100% basis	Source
second quarter of 2026 (the quarter)	2.80	source
first quarter of 2026 (the quarter)	2.50	source
third quarter of 2025 (the quarter)	2.40	source
second quarter of 2025 (the quarter)	2.30	source
three months ended March 31, 2025 (the quarter)	1.10	source

Sites 1–3; joint venture with Kazatomprom. Ownership per Cameco: "JV Inkai is owned 40% by Cameco and 60% by the Kazakh government through Kazatomprom" (corrected 2026-10-07 from a 60/40 entry). Coordinates approximate (Sozak district).

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