Interview with Jorge Nemr to CNN Money, 06/04/26
In an interview with a High-Voltage, television broadcast of CNN’s Infrastructure, the chairman of the board of the company, Jorge Nemr, he said that the company is preparing to work on three main areas: mining of mineral, critical, and development of microrreatores, and the irradiation of food.
The group’s Diamond moves forward in its strategy to diversify the business, with a focus on the nuclear sector, and on the exploitation of minerals, critical, which is in line with the increasing global demand for the inputs that are connected to the energy transition.
The mining area is under the umbrella of the NBEPar (the Core of Brazil’s Energy Holdings), the holding company’s core group has been working most recently with the Uranium One Group JSC, the subsidiary of the state-owned Russian Rosatom, the creation of a joint venture with Nadina Minerals. , The company will focus on the development of the exploitation of the minerals of strategic importance to the country.
“We are ready for you to explore for minerals for humans. We already have the requests that are made in the ANM (the National Agency of Mining) in many areas in the state of Bahia, and in new york, and we are just beginning their search. Today, the focus is on the mineral-critical, but if you think the uranium, and to the fullest extent permissible by law, that would be a great goal,” he said.
The second area is in the field of technology. The Diamond already have a partnership with the Imc and is a consortium of research institutions in brazil, the development of the Microrreator Nuclear, Brazil. With a capacity of 5 MW, the device is focused on the supply of energy in isolated systems, and was part of a national strategy for the technological know-how in the sector.
The feasibility of the new projects in the nuclear, with the support of the private sector passes under the framework of the constitutional and legal framework, as it is this type of design is the “monopoly” of the european Union.
Nemr explains why the move follows a similar logic to the opening up of the sector of oil in the country, today it is operated by different companies, in partnership with the State. “The oil’s monopoly in the Eu, but there are plenty of players are exploring a partnership with the european Union. In the nuclear is not going to be any different. There is already a law that allows it, but there is no regulation,” he said.
The third front, it involves the irradiation of food the technology is used in over 60 countries in order to extend the life and safety of food. What is considered to be the breadbasket of the world’s food production. With this technology, we will be able to export food to feed the world with the most “useful life,” said the executive.
Source: CNN Brasil