Uranium Top Stories

US Senate Chairman presses nuclear regulators on uranium exports by US firm owned by Russia

Senator John Barrasso is expanding a 2010 investigation into the Obama administration’s approval of the sale of Uranium One’s uranium recovery facilities to the Russian state-owned firm Atomredmetzoloto.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 11, 2017 | 5:45 pm

Canadian junior to acquire five lithium projects

Azincourt says the 6,000-hectare land package included in its agreement…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 11, 2017 | 4:51 pm

Harmony Gold says Moab Khotsong mine purchase to boost cash flows

The $300 million deal, which incorporates the Great Noligwa underground…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2017 | 6:29 am

Kazakh supply shock to jolt uranium price

World's top supplier of uranium announces 20% cut in production…

Frik Els | December 4, 2017 | 3:47 pm

Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company’s new chairman

After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2017 | 3:18 am

US Energy Department said to have illegally transferred uranium to private firm

Report claims officials did not have legal authority to transfer millions of dollars worth of uranium resources to the only local company that uses American-developed technology to enrich the commodity.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 9, 2014 | 7:13 pm

Brent Cook: Exploration sector hasn’t hit bottom yet

Brent Cook from Exploration Insights chats with Cambridge House Live anchor Vanessa Collette about the state of the junior mining sector.

Cambridge Network | June 7, 2014 | 7:02 pm

Areva office, ex-staffs homes raided by police over purchase probe

The ongoing investigation focuses on the controversial $2.5billion acquisition of Canadian rival UraMin in 2007.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2014 | 2:32 pm

Vancouver’s Boss power closes on $30m settlement with province over uranium ban

Officially putting to bed a nearly six-year-old lawsuit.

Business in Vancouver | June 3, 2014 | 3:17 pm

Areva reaches uranium mining deal with Niger, delays project

The Imouraren project’s production start date has been pushed back several times. It was last due in 2015.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 26, 2014 | 7:36 pm

Your favourite radioactive element in soap form

Choose from plutonium, radium or uranium.

Michael Allan McCrae | May 26, 2014 | 4:42 pm

Bargain hunters descend on uranium stocks

More bad news for the uranium market this week did not deter bargain hunters from returning to the sector in a big way on Friday chasing up shares across the board.

Frik Els | May 23, 2014 | 7:24 pm