The IAEA has launched a comprehensive, online interactive and integrated digital map of the world’s uranium distribution and deposits. This second edition of World Distribution of Uranium Deposits was developed with contributions from the Saskatchewan Geological Survey, the Geological Survey of South Australia and the United States Geological Survey. This edition classifies information by types …
Paladin Energy has confirmed that the Langer Heinrich uranium mine (LHM) in Namibia will be placed on care and maintenance. The company announced last month that it may take this move at Langer Heinrich in response to challenging market conditions, including low uranium prices. It has since received the consent of key stakeholders to make the care …
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Uranium miner Paladin Energy on Thursday announced that it was unlikely to resume physical mining activities at its Langer Heinrich operation, in Namibia, and has taken preparatory steps to place the operation under care and maintenance. Paladin previously told shareholders that the medium-grade ore stockpiles currently being used as feed for the …
Swakop Uranium which owns the Husab uranium mine, one of the biggest uranium mine in the world, was the largest employer in the country’s mining industry in 2017, according to the Chamber of Mines CEO, Veston Malango. Malango highlighted this in his welcoming remarks at the two-day 7th Namibia Mining Expo and Conference which kicked …
EXCLUSIVE TO SIGHTLINE|U3O8 – Anyone who follows the uranium market is familiar with Canada’s legendary Athabasca Basin (the “Basin”) – host to the “world’s richest uranium deposits with U3O8 grades reaching 10 times that seen around the rest of the world”. Most, however, may not be familiar the true bounty of the region’s uranium stores …
Conservationists are considering a High Court appeal against the State Government’s decision to provide environmental approval to the State’s largest uranium deposit in the northern Goldfields after the WA Supreme Court knocked back an application for judicial review yesterday. Former environment minister Albert Jacob approved Cameco’s Yeelirrie Mine near Wiluna in the dying days of …
David Talbot, an analyst with Eight Capital, shared the details of the recently updated estimated mineral resource at this project and its impact on the target price for the company’s stock. In a Feb. 5, 2018, research note, analyst David Talbot relayed that Eight Capital raised its target price on Denison Mines Corp. (DML:TSX; DNN:NYSE.MKT) on the …
Uranium production from the Inkai joint venture in Kazakhstan is forecast to increase by more than 25% this year, according to a new NI 43-101 technical report filed by 40%-owner Cameco. The operation is forecast to reach maximum production of 10.4 million pounds U3O8 per year in 2020. According to the new report – filed …
The Namibian Husab Uranium Mine operated by China’s State-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp had produced over 1,000 metric tons of uranium oxide in 2017. The Husab mine, the third-largest uranium mine, will continue to be optimized in 2018. The company will ramp up its throughput to ensure the mine reaches its design capacity by …
The announcement made by uranium giant Cameco in November that it’s suspending operations at its flagship McArthur River mine in northern Saskatchewan and surprisingly deep three-year cuts by Kazakhstan’s state-owned Kazatomprom provide a “step change” for uranium prices says a new report on the sector from Cantor Fitzgerald equity research. On Monday, the world largest producer …