ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A hearing is set to begin Monday on whether to allow an idle uranium mine in New Mexico to gain active status again. The New Mexico Mining Commission is holding the two-day hearing after environmentalists asked the panel to review a decision by state Mining and Minerals
Historically, the Edgemont area was mined for uranium from the 1950s through the 1970s. Uranium mining boomed throughout the West during that period as the U.S. government rushed to enrich uranium for a Cold War buildup of nuclear weapons. The uranium was extracted from ore that was dug up or
Azarga Uranium is an integrated uranium exploration and development company that controls six uranium projects, deposits and prospects in the United States of America (South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado) and the Kyrgyz Republic. The Dewey Burdock in-situ recovery uranium project in South
"On 16 March, a debate took place in the Assembly of the Republic on the Retortillo mine, where all parliamentary groups were unanimous in demanding firmness on the part of the Portuguese Government in defending the territory and its populations, in the face of the threat to Portugal, and especially over
Ur?EUR?Energy is a uranium mining company operating the Lost Creek in?EUR?situ recovery uranium facility in Wyoming. We have produced, packaged and shipped more than two million pounds from Lost Creek since the commencement of operations. Applications are under review by various agencies to incorporate our LC East
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Attorneys for Virginia say there is no need for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a lawsuit over the state's ban on uranium mining. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring's office filed a brief earlier this week in response to one filed by the federal government. The Trump
Uranium Energy Corp. is a U.S.-based uranium mining and exploration company. The Company's fully-licensed Hobson Processing Facility is central to all of its projects in South Texas, including the Palangana ISR mine, the permitted Goliad ISR project and the development-stage Burke Hollow ISR project
WHEN the 119 million-pound uranium deposit beneath Coles Hill Farm in Pittsylvania County first came to public attention in the late 1970s, Marline Mining set off a region-wide firestorm of protest when it announced plans to develop the site and extract the ore. Then, as today, the divide was one of jobs
Ur?EUR?Energy is a uranium mining company operating the Lost Creek in?EUR?situ recovery uranium facility in Wyoming. We have produced, packaged and shipped more than two million pounds from Lost Creek since the commencement of operations. Applications are under review by various agencies to
Mauk's story, "States of Decay" was published in Harper's and explores the continued legacy of uranium mining in the American West. Once hailed as the solution to America's energy needs, uranium mining's long lasting health effects and environmental damage have left communities ill and angry while
Mohave County Supervisor Buster Johnson, President Trump, and current newspaper articles are not truthful about uranium mining in Northern Arizona. First of all the radioactivity of natural uranium and other isotopes is not harmful to humans but when you expose the vein to air you release radioactivity
Additionally, the Petition suggests implementation of a requirement for U.S. federal utilities and agencies to buy U.S. uranium in accordance with the President's Buy American Policy. The remedies proposed by the Petitioners are expected to strengthen the U.S. uranium mining industry, bolster national defense, and
Like the nearby Geiger property, Larocque East is located adjacent to the Wollaston-Mudjatik transition zone - a major crustal suture related to most of the major uranium deposits in the eastern Athabasca Basin. Importantly, the sandstone cover is thin, ranging between 140 metres and 290 metres in
Denison's interests in Athabasca Basin also include a 22.5% ownership interest in the McClean Lake joint venture ("MLJV"), which includes several uranium deposits and the McClean Lake uranium mill, which is currently processing ore from the Cigar Lake mine under a toll milling agreement, plus a
ISR mining of uranium typically requires a mineralized zone to be hosted in a permeable sandstone formation saturated with groundwater under pressure in what is called a confined aquifer. The amount of water pressure is sometimes measured in pounds per square inch, but is more frequently converted
Just months after Saskatoon-based Cameco Corp. laid off hundreds of workers and shuttered the largest high-grade uranium mine in Canada, the market for the radioactive metal used in nuclear power generation is suddenly in flux, as tensions between the U.S. and Russia flare. Last week, in response to
Australia has to embrace the potential to expand its uranium-mining industry and be prepared for an expansion in nuclear power generation worldwide, the chairman of Energy Resources of Australia (ASX:ERA) said on Wednesday (April 11). Australia, the world's third-largest producer of uranium, hosts the
Australian-based uranium miner, Paladin Energy has recorded a 23 percent decline in the production at its Namibia Langer Heinrich Mine during the fourth quarter ending in March 2018.During the period under review, the Langer Heinrich Mine produced 670 456 pounds (lbs) of uranium oxide compared
An Australian firm which planned to mine in the iconic Karoo region of South Africa has been forced to leave after costly delays in the licensing process. DR. STEFAN CRAMER hopes its exit - combined with the environmental efforts of the new South African government - may enable the Karoo to finally
Denison is a uranium exploration and development company with interests focused in the Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. In addition to its 63.3% owned Wheeler River project, which hosts the high grade Phoenix and Gryphon uranium deposits, Denison's exploration portfolio consists of