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Investing.com -- Energy Fuels (TSX:EFR) (NYSE:UUUU) stock plunged 18% as uranium-focused companies faced a broad selloff, with Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE:UEC) falling 9% and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) dropping 4%.
The steep decline comes as Kazakhstan, the world’s largest uranium producer, announced plans to significantly increase production. The KATKO joint venture, owned by France’s Orano Mining (51%) and Kazakhstan’s Kazatomprom (LON:KAPq) (49%), intends to ramp up uranium production at the Moinkum deposit to 4,000 tonnes annually starting in 2026, according to a report from Kursiv.media.
This production target would mark a return to 2021 levels after output was reduced to approximately 2,100 tonnes per year between 2017 and 2024 due to falling global uranium prices. The Moinkum site, located in Kazakhstan’s Turkestan region, represents one of the country’s largest uranium deposits with estimated reserves of 47,900 tonnes.
KATKO plans to achieve this increased production partly through a new processing complex at the southern section of the Tortkuduk site, which launched in July 2025. The facility is expected to add 2,045 tonnes of uranium in commercial desorbed form annually.
Meanwhile, Kazatomprom has shown improved financial performance, with revenue rising to 1.8 trillion tenge ($3.3 billion) in 2024, up from 1.4 trillion in 2023. The company’s profits nearly doubled to 1.1 trillion tenge during the same period.
The uranium sector selloff may also be partially connected to broader market concerns, as some investors are reportedly bracing for an "AI winter" that has impacted energy stocks more broadly.
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