Kazakhstan's 2011 uranium output up 9 pct at 19,450 tonnes

Citing its preliminary data, Kazakhstan's industry and new technologies ministry said on Thursday that the Central Asian state's uranium output stood at "about 19,000 tonnes" in 2011.

Kazatomprom said that its own uranium output totalled 11,079 tonnes last year, accounting for 20 percent of the global production of the metal.