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| Australia wants to double its uranium exports if it can reach a safety agreement with China, which is increasingly turning to nuclear power generation, a senior government minister said on Friday. |
Australia, which has about 40 percent of the world’s uranium but only mines a fraction of the metal, restricts exports to 36 countries that have signed bilateral nuclear safeguards that ensure the uranium is not used to build weapons, Ian Macfarlane, resources minister told reporters |
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