Uranium market has likely set a new floor thanks to a strong demand outlook Uranium may have lost some sizzle after an electrifying 10-month rally, but analysts and investors aren’t losing faith in the long-term prospects of the nuclear fuel. After a 22 per cent decline over six weeks, industry experts and analysts say the uranium …
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Wednesday she encourages the U.S. Congress to ban uranium supplies from Russia, as doing so would free up funds to support domestic development of fuel for next generation nuclear reactors. The U.S. House passed legislation last December to ban imports of the fuel for nuclear power plants as part of …
Western Australia is renowned for exporting a range of minerals from iron ore to gold, but one commodity, uranium, regularly sparks fierce protests from the community. The debate was reignited in recent days when Liberal leader Libby Mettam said her party would legalise uranium mining if they won the 2025 WA election, overturning a state …
Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, said Friday there will be modest production growth this year as it reported swelling profits. Kazatomprom KZAP, -1.42% NATKY, -0.53% said its annual profit rose 23% to 570 billion Kazakhstani tenge ($1.27 billion), on a 43% jump in revenue to 1.44 trillion tenge. The company said its sales growth was faster than the …
Representatives of the China Nuclear Uranium Corporation (CNUC) met with the general director of state company Navoiuran, Jamal Faizullaev, to discuss the possibility of mining black shale uranium at the Jantuar and Ma’danli deposits in the Navoi region of Uzbekistan. Samples have already been taken from the deposits to complete geological studies. According to the …
Uranium developer Deep Yellow is gearing up to launch a $250 million capital raise to fund uranium project development. Majority of the proceeds are intended to fund the development of Deep Yellow’s Tumas uranium project located about 80km east southeast from Swakopmund and 80km east northeast from Walvis Bay in Namibia. The $250 million …
Lescure (second from left) and Le Maire (centre) pictured with La Hague Site Director Stéphanie Gaiffe (far left) and Orano CEO Nicolas Maes (on the right) during the visit (Image: Orano) Minister for the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Maire announced the decision to continue with France’s treatment-recycling strategy for used nuclear …
An updated feasibility study for Global Atomic’s Dasa project has more than doubled the mine life with uranium production increasing by 55%. The company has also announced its fourth offtake agreement for the mine, where processing operations are expected to begin in late 2025 or early 2026. The Dasa Project is defined in three phases. …
The Mochovce nuclear power plant in Mochovce, Slovakia last November. JANOS KUMMER/GETTY IMAGES Across the US and allied countries, owners of left-for-dead uranium mines are restarting operations to capitalize on rising demand for the nuclear fuel. At least five US producers are reviving mines in states including Wyoming, Texas, Arizona and Utah, where production flourished …
Sweden’s Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari has announced the launch of an investigation to abolish the country’s ban on uranium mining. The move was welcomed by Australia-based Aura Energy, which hopes to extract uranium as a by-product from its 100%-owned Häggån polymetallic project in Sweden. On 16 May 2018, the Swedish parliament passed an …
