On 11/02/2011 09:24, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:21:02 +0000, HappyHunter wrote:

So I guess china will be mopping up a lot of Uranium demand. You can bet
that China are "securing" their supply chain to ensure they get a source
of uranium.

China are *well* into "securing their supply" of many raw materials.
From trace elements and commodity metals to oil and coal.

Watch out for "The Chinese are coming" 2 of 2 on BBC2. Ep 1 was
interesting about the penetration of China into Africa from chicken
farming to copper mining.

IIRC they've been well "into" East Africa for at least 50 years