TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 13. Uzbekistan’s Navoiuran state enterprise and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on strategic cooperation in the uranium industry, Trend reports.
The document was signed with CNNC Vice President Shen Yanfeng on the sidelines of the First International Natural Uranium Industry Development Forum in China’s Beijing.
As per Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Mining and Geology, during the visit, representatives of Mingeology and Navoiuran got acquainted with CNNC's activities in mining and processing of uranium ore, as well as digitalization processes in production.
Earlier this year, speaking at the Innoprom Central Asia International Industrial Exhibition held in Tashkent, Deputy Minister of Mining and Geology of Uzbekistan Omonullo Nasritdinkhodzhayev said that Uzbekistan plans to double the volume of uranium production by 2030, bringing it from 3,600 in 2022 to 7,000 by the end the designated period.