Seeking Alpha – Have We Reached An Inflection Point With Uranium Prices?

Dennis Berzhanin – Seeking Alpha  Summary Uranium investors have welcomed recent production cuts from Cameco and Kazatomprom. The ever-increasing construction of nuclear reactors will cause demand to keep rising. Political climate is the most favorable to uranium producers, since at least the Bush Administration. Both Uranium Participation Corp. and Global X Uranium ETF are compelling ways …

USGS reports new American uranium potential and a new uranium “species”

The dream of discovery must motivate many a geologist. Through skill, effort and luck they hope to eventually find something precious, useful or otherwise valuable—something well known yet found in a previously unknown location. But a group of geo-boffins from the U.S. Geological Survey not only identified a type of uranium deposit previously unknown to …

V.GXU: Mutanga PEA pegs NPV at $112M (U.S.)

GoviEx Uranium Inc. has completed a National Instrument 43-101 preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Mutanga uranium project in Zambia, which evaluates the economic and technical viability of a large-scale uranium project with low capital costs and low operating costs. Highlights of the PEA include the following: The Mutanga Project consists of three contiguous, fully-permitted …

US Q3 uranium production falls by 17%

US uranium production for 2017 to date is down 17% from the same period in 2016, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest quarterly Domestic Uranium Production Report. Meanwhile, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has found uranium-bearing calcrete formations in the USA for the first time. Total uranium production for the first three-quarters of …

The UK’s nuclear sector needs support and clarity from the government

Britain’s nuclear sector needs the government and industry to commit to the country’s nuclear capability in the critical next decade, a new report suggests. EY will publish a report today saying the government estimates investment of more than £45bn will be needed to develop the first three new nuclear power plants: Hinkley Point C, Wylfa …

US eyes safety rules for small modular reactors, as nuclear touted at UN climate meeting

Dive Brief: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering new safety rules for small modular nuclear reactors, new types of facilities that aim for faster permitting and construction, possibly relying on off-site development. Earlier this year, NuScale Power submitted designs for a new type of reactor to NRC — an initial step towards permitting smaller facilities that could be …

V.PTU: Hook Lake JV Partners Approve $4 Million For 2018 Exploration Budget

Toronto, Ontario – November 16, 2017 – Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (the “Company” or “Purepoint”) (TSX:PTU.V) announced today that the proposed 2018 Hook Lake JV exploration program with a budgeted cost of $4,000,000 has been approved by the JV partners. Situated within the Patterson Uranium District, the Hook Lake JV is a project owned jointly …