Baobab Asset Management's Russell Fryer said the petition could have "profound positive effects" on the US uranium mining industry. He said given US reactors consumed about 50 million pounds of uranium a year, if the 25% "Buy America" recommendation was acted on it would represent about
Two U.S. uranium mining companies are calling on the Commerce Department to initiate a Section 232 investigation into the national security implications of uranium imports by alleging that foreign subsidies have decimated the United States' ability to produce some nuclear materials. The petitioners claim
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Perth-based uranium mining hopeful Vimy Resources is maintaining a positive view on the uranium market and will "actively and energetically" engage in contract negotiations this year, to underpin financing for a new mine in the Great Victoria desert of Western
Proposals to rip up a moratorium preventing uranium mining around the Grand Canyon have received sharp criticism and bullish support in almost equal measures. But, as always, the devil is in the detail, so how far does the current moratorium go and what is being proposed in its stead? Dr Gareth Evans
All but a few of the 500 abandoned mines still await cleanup. Mining tainted the local groundwater. Mr. Holiday's father succumbed to respiratory disease after years of hacking the ore from the earth. But now, emboldened by the Trump administration's embrace of corporate interests, the uranium mining
It also calls for the government to remove Australia's ban on nuclear power, and the removal of uranium mining, milling, decommissioning and rehabilitation from the definition of nuclear action - the so-called 'nuclear trigger' - in the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (EPBC Act). "Existing
Federal officials have reached a settlement to have eight abandoned uranium mines assessed on the Navajo Nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says EnPro Holdings Inc. will install fencing and signs warning residents and visitors of potential radiation exposure at sites in northeastern
CAMERON, Ariz. (AP) - Federal officials have reached a settlement to have eight abandoned uranium mines assessed on the Navajo Nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says EnPro Holdings Inc. will install fencing and signs warning residents and visitors of potential radiation exposure at
When locals in western Colorado's old uranium mining towns of Naturita and Nucla get word that a journalist is coming to town, they reach for their guns. Not to shoot the "fake news" media. No, they dust off their firearms as props for photo ops. Ever since Nucla passed a law in 2013 requiring every
Saskatchewan taxpayers could be left holding a quarter-billion-dollar bill if provincial officials can't convince the federal government to honour a 12-year-old pledge to pay half the cost of cleaning up an abandoned uranium mine near the Northwest Territories border. The provincial government has now
These announcements build on top of other reductions announced by uranium producers - including depressed U.S. mine production, declines in uranium production output from Niger, and unplanned shortfalls from Namibian uranium mining operations. On the demand side, a number of high profile events
Anfield is in partnership with the Russian firm Uranium One, and bought the mill from Uranium One in 2015. (George Frey/Getty Images). Uranium One at the time controlled 20 percent of the uranium supply licensed for mining in the United States. By giving Russia control over a significant portion of
If you didn't know what you were looking for, you'd probably never come across Canyon Mine, an active uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. To get there, you turn off Highway 64, about 11 miles before the South Ranger Station entrance, and follow Forest Service Road 305 through a
A 20-year ban on the mining of uranium near the Grand Canyon has been upheld by the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The court ruling effectively confirmed that the ban is lawful and the government has the power to impose it. The US Department of the Interior decided in January 2012 to withdraw
Bulls say the long-term outlook for the uranium industry should be attractive. Japan hopes to get most of its nuclear fleet back in service, and more than 50 new reactors are under construction around the world. In addition, uranium mining companies have scrapped investment in new production facilities,
Although we applaud the court's decision, the Grand Canyon is still under threat, and the Trump administration's push for uranium mining poses a serious threat to our beloved public lands. The court's ruling does not stop the Trump administration from trying to reverse the 2012 moratorium, as proposed in
MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. Atomredmedzoloto (ARMZ), an affiliate of the mining division of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, maintained uranium mining in Russia in 2017 at the level of 3,000 tonnes, similarly to 2016, the company said on Wednesday. "ARMZ completely delivered the
15 km east of Denison Mine's Wheeler River project on the southeast side of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. The survey will be flown over a 4.5 km by 1.6 km area that covers the Maverick structural corridor host to several high grade uranium zones including the Main Maverick Zone where drill results
Anfield's conventional uranium assets consist of mining claims and state leases in southeastern Utah, and Arizona, targeting areas where past uranium mining or prospecting occurred. Anfield's conventional uranium assets include the Velvet-Wood Project, the Frank M Uranium Project, as well as the
Although we applaud the court's decision, the Grand Canyon is still under threat, and the Trump administration's push for uranium mining poses a serious threat to our beloved public lands. The court's ruling does not stop the Trump administration from trying to reverse the 2012 moratorium, as proposed in