Pompeo pressed on claims China is helping build Saudi uranium facility

Democrats write to secretary of state over claims Beijing is helping to develop yellowcake factory

Congressional Democrats have asked the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to provide information about China’s alleged role in building a uranium processing facility in Saudi Arabia.

US officials have told journalists and nuclear experts they suspect a mill for producing yellowcake – refined uranium ore – is being built by Chinese technicians in the desert near Al-Ula in the north-west of the kingdom.

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