Uzbekistan Seeks Partnership With China For Black Shale Uranium Exploitation
Date
3/22/2024 12:05:43 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 22. Uzbekistan may
attract China Nuclear Uranium Co. Ltd to develop black shale
uranium mines, Trend reports.
On March 11, representatives of China Nuclear Uranium and Jamal
Fayzullaev, the director general of Navoiyuran State Enterprise,
reportedly talked about black shale uranium production at the
Jantuar and Ma'danli deposits in the Navoi region.
Geological studies were conducted at the Ma'danli and Koscheka
fields located in the Auminzatau Mountains.
Samples of the process were examined at the Ma'danli field.
Technological samples were taken, and uranium and other rare
elements were extracted from the ore composition in order to
develop this area.
Earlier in November 2023, Navoiyuran and China National Nuclear
Corporation agreed to cooperate in uranium mining and processing in
Uzbekistan. The state-owned enterprises executed a memorandum of
understanding and deliberated about several investment initiatives
inside the uranium sector.
Furthermore, according to Jamal Fayzullaev, Navoiyuran State
Enterprise plans to increase uranium production by 1.5 times.
He also mentioned that it is planned to reduce uranium
production costs by 20.1 percent. As he stated, it is planned to
sharply increase the volume of geological prospecting work and
conduct geological exploration on an area of over 1 million meters,
as well as drilling work on an area of 3.8 million meters for
uranium production in 2024.
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