Brazil seeking to attract private uranium mining, nuclear energy investment
The Brazilian Government intends to restart the mining of uranium within the country’s borders. Federal Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque told the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo that this was not merely the desire of the Government, but a policy decision that would be adopted. The expectation is that uranium mining would first be restarted at the Engenho mine at Caetité in Bahia state, by the end of this year.