Uranium companies announce strategic purchase plans

Uranium companies have separately announced plans to make strategic purchases of physical uranium. Denison is aiming to buy about 2.5 million pounds U3O8 (962 tU) through the spot market as a long-term investment, while Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) has entered into agreements to purchase 400,000 pounds. UK-based Yellow Cake plc has also announced further purchase …

Kepco starts injecting fuel rods into UAE’s second nuclear reactor

South Korea’s state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) said Monday it has started a process to insert fuel rods into the second reactor in the Barakah nuclear plant of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kepco and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. (ENEC) said they kicked off the process starting last week. South Korea completed …

T.DML Announces Funding of Project Finance Initiative Involving Strategic Acquisition of Physical Uranium

Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation (“CFCC”), as lead underwriter and sole book-runner, on behalf of themselves and a syndicate of underwriters (collectively with CFCC, the “Underwriters”), under which the Underwriters have agreed …

Nuclear Power 10 Years After Fukushima: The Long Road Back

At the beginning of the new millennium, amid growing awareness of the link between energy-related greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, the notion of a ‘nuclear renaissance’ became popular. Scientists and policy makers identified low carbon nuclear power as a potential protagonist in the transition to clean energy. However, the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi …

T.NXE announces closing of $150 million bought deal financing

NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced bought deal financing (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Offering, the Company issued 33,400,000 common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”) at a price of $4.50 per Common Share for gross proceeds of approximately $150 million . NexGen has granted …

T.EFR Receives First Shipments of Natural Monazite Ore; Commercial Recovery of Rare Earths Expected to Begin in U.S. in Coming Weeks

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) (“Energy Fuels” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the first shipments of natural monazite ore arrived at the Company’s White Mesa Mill (the “Mill”) in Blanding, Utah this past weekend. This material was separated by The Chemours Company at its Offerman Mineral Sand Plant in Georgia and transported by truck to the …

T.CCO Sells Shares of UEX Corporation

Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) announced that it has disposed of an aggregate of 5 million common shares in the capital of UEX Corporation (UEX) at a price of approximately $0.30 per common share for aggregate proceeds of $1,501,500. Cameco disposed of the securities pursuant to a series of trades completed today through the facilities of …