VNIPIpromtechnologii, JSC – the engineering centre of Rosatom’s mining division ARMZ Uranium Holding Co – has received a “positive opinion” on design work and engineering surveys for in-situ leach (ISL) development at the Kolichikan uranium deposit from the Russian State Expert Examination Board, Glavgosekspertiza. This means development of the deposit, in the Khiagda orefield, can …
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – enCore Energy Corp. (TSXV: EU) (OTCQB: ENCUF) (the “Company“) is pleased to announce, as stated in the Company’s objective to advance its South Texas uranium facilities towards production, enCore has executed a uranium purchase and sales agreement (“Agreement”) with UG USA, Inc. The 5-year Agreement covers 2 …
TORONTO, Aug. 4, 2021 /CNW/ – Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to report positive interim results from the ongoing metallurgical test program for the planned In-Situ Recovery (“ISR”) mining operation at the Phoenix uranium deposit (“Phoenix”), located on the Company’s 90% owned Wheeler River Uranium Project (“Wheeler …
TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2021 /CNW/ – Denison Mines Corp. (“Denison” or the “Company”) (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to announce the completion of its acquisition of 50% ownership of JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited (“JCU”), from UEX Corporation (“UEX”), for cash consideration of $20.5 million. Denison’s acquisition of a 50% interest in JCU occurred immediately …
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, August 3, 2021 – UEX Corporation (TSX:UEX, OTCQB:UEXCF)(“UEX” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that UEX has closed the transaction (the “JCU Transaction”) with Overseas Uranium Resources Development Co., Ltd. (“OURD”) to acquire OURD’s wholly-owned subsidiary JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited (“JCU”), as disclosed in UEX’s news releases dated April 22, 2021 …
A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday unveiled its nearly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, formalized into text following a 67-32 consensus to advance the legislation. The vote to advance the bill included the support of 17 Republicans. The approximately 2,700-page bill would invest billions of dollars in transmission and grid infrastructure, new advanced nuclear plants as …
Newly released results from a pre-feasibility study (PFS) of the Etango-8 uranium project have confirmed the strong technical and economic viability of conventional open pit mining and heap leach processing of the deposit in Namibia, Bannerman Energy has announced. The company now plans to complete a definitive feasibility study (DFS) in 2022. The PFS follows …
The Federal Government via the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) and the Ministry of Power are currently cementing talks with the Russian Federation on plans to accommodate nuclear power in the Nigeria’s national grid. The discussion also extends to the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning on how to accommodate the feasibility study …
The UK government today published a Call for Evidence that sets out its suggested approach to building the first advanced modular reactor (AMR) demonstrator. This will specifically explore high temperature gas reactors (HTGRs) as the most promising model for the demonstration programme, which ministers are investing GBP170 million (USD237 million) into delivering by the early …
The dome of the inner containment shell of unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh is now being installed, Rosatom announced yesterday. The metal structure has a diameter of 44 metres and a weight of 185 tonnes. The operation is being carried out by Trust RosSEM, using a Liebherr heavy crawler crane …
