{"id":1142467,"date":"2019-10-07T11:53:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1003802"},"modified":"2019-10-07T11:53:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:53:32","slug":"brazil-to-restart-countrys-only-uranium-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1142467","title":{"rendered":"Brazil to restart country\u2019s only uranium mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil\u2019s mines and energy minister, Bento Albuquerque, said<br \/>\nthe country expects to resume production at the country\u2019s only uranium mine<br \/>\nbefore the end of the year and would open the sector to private companies. <\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The move to restart Caetit\u00e9, halted since 2014, is President Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s administration latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/amazons-riches-up-for-grabs-as-brazil-to-open-indigenous-reserves-to-mining\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"efforts to attract foreign commercial interest  (opens in a new tab)\">efforts to attract foreign commercial interest <\/a>to an industry currently controlled by state-owned Industrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Brazil has the 7th largest uranium reserves in the world, but only a third of the country has been explored<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It also fits Bolsonaro\u2019s plan to boost the nation\u2019s nuclear power by building new plants.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil has the 7th largest uranium reserves in the world,<br \/>\nbut only a third of the country has been explored, data from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.world-nuclear.org\/information-library\/country-profiles\/countries-a-f\/brazil.aspx\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Nuclear Association<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p>It also has two atomic power plants, Angra 1 and Angra 2, which<br \/>\ngenerate roughly 3% of the country\u2019s electricity. <\/p>\n<p>A third plant, Angra 3, is currently being evaluated; it<br \/>\ncould cost as much as $16 billion and be completed in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/brpolitico.com.br\/noticias\/governo-quer-voltar-a-minerar-uranio-ate-o-fim-do-ano\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">local newspaper Estado de S. Paulo<\/a>, Albuquerque plans to expand Caetit\u00e9 in the northeastern state of Bahia. &nbsp;He also wants to break INB\u2019s monopoly by allowing private firms to mine for uranium where the element is not the main resource. He cited as an example the&nbsp;Santa Quit\u00e9ria&nbsp;project in northeastern Brazil, which holds about 10% of uranium and 90% phosphate.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil is also looking&nbsp;to expand uranium-conversion and<br \/>\nuranium-enrichment capabilities to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operations at Caetit&eacute; have been halted since 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[369,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1142467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142468,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142467\/revisions\/1142468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1142467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1142467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1142467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}