FILE PHOTO: The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is seen during a media tour around the BNPP compound in Morong town, Bataan province, Philippines Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order to include nuclear power in the country’s energy mix, as authorities prepare for the phasing out of coal-fired power plants and after earlier …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU)(OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce today, preliminary results from its current drill program at the 100%-owned Red Willow project within the eastern uranium mine district of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan Canada. Ongoing drilling is tracking and defining a uranium bearing hydrothermal system at the Osprey Zone highlighted by …
The war between Russia and Ukraine isn’t even a week old and already it’s affecting world commodity markets. Uranium is one of those markets, and Cameco spokesperson Jeff Hryhoriw said the price of spot uranium has gone up 13 per cent in five days. “In 2020, Ukraine accounted for about 1.5 per cent of the …
The U.S. nuclear power industry is lobbying the White House to allow uranium imports from Russia to continue despite the escalating conflict in Ukraine, with cheap supplies of the fuel seen as key to keeping American electricity prices low, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The United States relies on Russia and its …
Gasoline prices have spiked in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the effects of the conflict are also spilling into the U.S. electricity sector, with implications for greenhouse gas emissions and energy policy. Although the crisis isn’t expected to derail electric utilities’ broad shift toward cleaner energy sources, it could temporarily extend coal’s …
1. Brazilian officials want to finish construction of Angra 3, a nuclear power project stalled for several years. The reactor would join two older reactors at the Angra site that have operated since 1982 and 2000, respectively. Courtesy: Eletronuclear A government agency that supports research into Brazil’s energy sector has forecast a significant jump in …
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), are joining forces to advance decarbonization technologies from discovery through deployment through a new memorandum of understanding, or MOU. Eliminating carbon dioxide emissions in the production of U.S. electricity is essential to achieving the federal government’s goal of net-zero carbon …
NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) is pleased to announce that it has been approved for uplisting on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) from its current listing on the NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”). The Company’s common stock will begin trading under the symbol “NXE” at the opening of …
Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has begun its winter 2022 diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Moore Uranium Project. The project comprises 35,705 hectares approximately 15 kilometres east of Denison Mine’s Wheeler River project and is proximal to regional infrastructure for Cameco’s Key Lake and McArthur River …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU)(OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) will be presenting at Red Cloud’s Very Pre-PDAC Mining Showcase that will be held virtually from March 2 – 4, 2022. Chris Frostad, President and CEO will be presenting on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 11:40 am ET. During this presentation, Mr. Frostad will be discussing the preliminary findings …
