CHINA LOOKS FOR URANIUM SUPPLIES AS IT PUSHES AHEAD WITH NUCLEAR EXPANSION
April 1st, 2011
BY MARK GODFREY
IF uranium suppliers are looking for reasons to feel confident that China will continue its hunt for nuclear fuel supplies worldwide, they should remember how deeply the country is invested in this process. Indeed, it has been a sign of how hungry China has become for uranium that even private firms in this officially communist country are being allowed to hunt for overseas uranium assets. New to the uranium market, Sichuan-based conglomerate Hanlong Energy joined a string of state-run procuring companies late last year when it invested US ...
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