Ukraine has completed the declassification of data on nine uranium deposits, which will make it possible to raise foreign investment for their development and increase uranium production, the head of state company Ukratomprom, Andrei Derkach, said at a press conference on July 19, cited by Interfax. "Finally we will be able to provide our partners with real figures on the potential for development of these assets," he said. The declassification took three months. Companies from France, the United States, Canada, South Korea and Russia are interested in developing uranium deposits in Ukraine, Derkach said. The only company now mining uranium in the country is the Eastern Mining & Enrichment Plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine's nuclear power plants require about 2,400 tonnes of uranium per year, but Eastern Mining produces only about 800 tonnes. Ukratomprom consolidates the country's nuclear power industry enterprises, including Eastern Mining.
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