The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the merger of Vostochniy Mining and Processing Works with the national nuclear power company Energoatom.
The Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has ordered the developers of the project to work it out till the end.
VostGOK is the only uranium ore miner and uranium concentrate processor in Ukraine and the largest in Europe.
It accounts for 3.3% of the global uranium concentrate output. (Ukrainian metal)