Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you can see why they call Lake Balkhash the "pearl of Kazakhstan". But pollution ...

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev has instructed the government to begin developing a nuclear cluster. “Against the ...

A shortlist of four companies has been selected for possible NPP construction – China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), ...

There has been plenty of negative news of late about the damage done by global warming in Kazakhstan, but the Ministry of Water Resources recently had a positive tidbit to announce: the Northern Aral ...

ASTANA. Jan 29 (Interfax) - A comprehensive plan for the construction of three nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan will be ready in the second quarter of 2025, Kazakh Energy Minister Almassadam ...

The narrow strip of arid steppe zone in the north of the basin gives way to the semi-desert of the Northern Balkhash, which in turn becomes the desert stretching from the southern shore of Lake ...

A major milestone included a referendum on constructing a nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Balkhash, which he described as a transformative step forward for Kazakhstan’s energy sector.

Kazakhstan, the world’s largest uranium producer, is intensifying efforts to address its energy challenges. President ...

Kazakhstan’s key interest is to maintain the water level in Lake Balkhash, which receives about 70% of its water from the Ili River. This year, the water flow at the Dobyn measuring station on the ...

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