The document was concluded during the visit of King Abdullah II to Kazakhstan. The agreement formalizes the conditions of future cooperation in the uranium industry.
The head of Kazatomprom Meyrzhan Yusupov emphasized that the Union with Jumco will combine the resource base of Jordan with the experience of Kazakhstan in the effective extraction of Uranus. For Jordan, this agreement is part of the strategy for the development of a nuclear fuel cycle, the country intends to produce a yellow muffle inside the country, and not export raw materials.
of the Jordan has confirmed uranium reserves in the amount of about 42 thousand tons of uranium oxide with an average content of 150 PPM. According to the general director of Jumco, the small depth of the occurrence of these ores significantly reduces the cost of production, which increases the economic profitability of production.