Uranium Top Stories

Trump to open parts of Utah National Monument to miners, oil firms — report

The monument, one of the 27 President Trump is taking a second look at, covers 1.3 million acres (about 5,260 square km), and it includes land considered sacred to Native Americans.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2017 | 9:55 am

BHP exiting oil and gas

After posting a fourfold rise in profits, world's number one…

Frik Els | August 21, 2017 | 3:48 pm

Mining industry can now predict opposition to projects before it’s too late

Chalkstone was born out of counter-insurgency tactics used by troops…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 7, 2017 | 4:12 am

Cantor analyst: ‘This is the best uranium PEA we have ever seen’

NexGen Energy Ltd. (NXE:TSX; NXE:NYSE.MKT) announced its maiden preliminary economic…

The Energy Report | August 6, 2017 | 5:37 pm

BHP presses for cheaper power ahead of Olympic Dam mine expansion

BHP Billiton is looking for ways to shore up power…

Reuters | August 4, 2017 | 10:24 am

Canada gives Cameco’s Millenium mine the green light

Located 600 kilometres north of Saskatoon.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 30, 2013 | 5:42 pm

Mining starts at world’s second biggest uranium mine

With the announced capacity of 18 million pounds U308 per year, Cigar Lake will only marginally lag behind the world’s biggest uranium mine, the McArthur River in Saskatchewan.

Vladimir Basov | December 20, 2013 | 5:43 pm

IMAGE GALLERY: The leach tank break at Ranger Mine

Crumpled.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 19, 2013 | 4:51 pm

Rio Tinto says Chinese now make ‘much higher quality’ mining equipment

The CEO of world number two miner Rio Tinto said the quality of Chinese mining equipment is catching up and in some instances surpassing that of the major US manufacturers.

Frik Els | December 16, 2013 | 8:13 pm

Australia’s promise to assist BHP with its Olympic Dam expansion

South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, has reproached the federal government for saying BHP could resume its Olympic Dam expansion within months, calling it a "cruel hoax."

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 16, 2013 | 2:22 pm