Uranium reserves found in Guinea

BBC. August 10, 2007

Enriched uranium is used for nuclear power generation and weapons
Guinea's government says commercially viable reserves of uranium have been discovered for the first time.

Information Minister Justin Morel Junior announced that samples of uranium were extracted by a mineral company in Firawa. .....A BBC correspondent says Guinea is hoping to cash in on the strong global demand for uranium as a nuclear fuel, which has led prices to boom.

The West African nation already has a third of the world's bauxite reserves.......

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Prof Mills congratulates President Kufuor

GNA – Professor John Evans John Atta Mills congratulated President John Agyekum Kufuor on his election as African Union (AU) Chairman at the Eighth Ordinary Session of the continental body currently underway in Addis Ababa......More