Mitsubishi Corp. to Join Areva Mongolia Project, Nikkei Says

By Steven McPherson

Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Mitsubishi Corp., a Japanese trading company, will invest in a project of Areva SA to explore for uranium in Mongolia, the Nikkei newspaper reported on its English service.


Mitsubishi will pay 34 percent of exploration costs to date, 34 percent of future costs, and acquire 34 percent of an Areva unit in Mongolia, according to the report. It didn’t say how much Mitsubishi would invest, or who provided the information.

Last Updated: December 20, 2009 16:15 EST

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