Uranium’s second wind | Armanbek Omirgali

Uranium’s second wind | Armanbek Omirgali

Armanbek Omirgali is the face of Kazakh science. He is developing a technology that allows extracting not only uranium but also rhenium - a rare and valuable metal - from uranium solutions. Rhenium is indispensable in aviation, energy, and electronics manufacturing. For uranium mining companies, this offers a chance to gain additional profit without building new facilities. In the future, this technology could also be applied to other rare metals, enabling the most complete and efficient use of natural resources.