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title: "Russia agrees to sell uranium to Eskom"
description: "Russian state uranium trader Tenex will supply Eskom with low-enriched uranium, starting in 2011. The Russian state nuclear corporation's chief Sergei Kiriyenko says the deal will help Russia clinch 45 percent of South Africa's market for low-enriched uranium by 2018. Read more: Reuters Africa"
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Business Maverick"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-05-russia-agrees-to-sell-uranium-to-eskom/"
published: "2010-08-05T13:56:17"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:05"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1
---

# Russia agrees to sell uranium to Eskom

> Russian state uranium trader Tenex will supply Eskom with low-enriched uranium, starting in 2011. The Russian state nuclear corporation's chief Sergei Kiriyenko says the deal will help Russia clinch 45 percent of South Africa's market for low-enriched uranium by 2018. Read more: [Reuters Africa](http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE67411U20100805)

By Andy Rice · Published 5 August 2010, 15:56 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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