INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Chinese energy giant has claimed a new benchmark in exploration of uranium, a resource growing in demand and importance in the country’s
quest for energy security.
State-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday that it had detected a deposit of
sandstone-type industrial uranium mineralisation at a record depth of 1,820 metres (5,971 feet) underground in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang
Uygur autonomous region.
This type of uranium deposit is generally bigger and easier and...
