Interfax reported that Kazakhstan national nuclear company Kazatomprom increased its net profit by 72%YoY to KZT 56.4 billion in January to September 2011.

The company said in a statement that its consolidated revenues went up by 62% to KZT 264.7 billion. The statement said that the increase in the financial results had been driven by rising sales of uranium production.

Kazatomprom is the Kazakh national operator for the export of uranium, as well as rare metals, nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants, special equipment, technologies and dual-purpose materials.

(Sourced from Interfax)