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Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy (BRICEM)

DIRECTOR: Xia Runsheng

FORMER NAME: Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Ore Dressing and Smelting

Located in Beijing. Established in 1958. Research institute for the development and application of uranium ore dressing and smelting technologies. Specializes in ore dressing, hydrometallurgical, fine chemical, and other technologies.

BRICEM employs over 1000 staff members, half of which are engineers, conducting research in a variety of fields.

[Sources: Guide to Enterprises, p. 13; Yan Kong, "China's Nuclear Bureaucracy," Jane's Intelligence Review, July 1993, p. 326.]


Last Updated June 1998

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