Uranium Top Stories

Uranium prices set to double by 2018

With prices set to double by 2018, we've seen the bottom of the uranium market, and the negative sentiment that has followed this resource around despite strong fundamentals, is starting to change.

Oilprice.com | June 15, 2016 | 10:41 am

CHART: Metals, mining stocks outperforming all others

Gold is up more than 20% in 2016 but gold…

Frik Els | June 13, 2016 | 12:00 pm

Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel on uranium market transformation

"The long-term market where normally about 150–160m pounds were traded…

Irina Dorokhova - MINEX Central Asia | June 10, 2016 | 3:55 pm

Chinese miners eye Glencore’s Kazakh gold operation

Zhongjin Gold Corp., Shandong Gold Mining Co. and Zijin Mining…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 9, 2016 | 6:05 am

Australia recovers lost ground, named world’s top mining investment destination

Canada slipped in the Fraser Institute’s global ranking, while Chile…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 9, 2016 | 3:55 am

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Australia considers BHP’s Olympic Dam mine development a fact

South Australia’s mineral resources and energy minister, Tom Koutsantonis, said he was confident BHP Billiton will proceed with developing the uranium Olympic Dam open-pit mine, despite the project will cost billions of dollars, reports Reuters.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 6, 2012 | 8:01 pm

Cameco buys Areva’s uranium Millenium Project for $150 million

Cameco Corp. (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), Canada’s largest uranium company, said it agreed to buy Areva Resources Canada’s 27.94% stake in the northern Saskatchewan-based Millennium project for $150 million. With this acquisition Cameco becomes the majority holder in the proposed uranium mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2012 | 3:02 pm

What rhymes with Grand Canyon? Yes, uranium

The U.S. Nuclear Energy Institute and the National Mining Association (NMA) are demanding the Obama administration to revoke a ban on new uranium mining around the Grand Canyon in Arizona. And they are doing so by suing the U.S. Interior Department, as the organizations announced yesterday.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2012 | 2:00 pm

Botswana rapidly emerging as uranium power in Africa, major South Korean project and don’t forget Pine Creek

An Australian explorer said today that one of Africa’s most prolific uranium plays is shaking off the tag that it was the uranium province that was missed and is starting to emerge as a potentially significant greenfields province.

International Mining | February 28, 2012 | 6:26 am

UN watchdog suspects Iran is diverting uranium

Iran may be diverting uranium for use in weapons research, according to a report by the UN International Energy Agency (IEA), a nuclear watchdog.

Andrew Topf | February 26, 2012 | 12:06 am

Nuclear energy to grow fourteen fold in India

India's Power Minister says that nuclear power will add 63,000 MW of capacity, a fourteen fold increase, to his country over the next 20 years.

Michael Allan McCrae | February 23, 2012 | 7:29 pm

Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s convention pumps $72 million into Toronto economy

According to a recent report generated by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) Convention contributed nearly $72 million to Toronto's economy in 2011.

Marketwire - Mining and Metals | February 23, 2012 | 5:50 pm

First Uranium needs to offload 150,000+ oz yearly gold production by June to stay afloat

Rising costs could make any interested buyer baulk at the idea though. Cash costs in South Africa at its Ezulweni mine has rocketed to $2,143/oz and were up 20% at Mine Waste Solutions although at $613/oz there you could still turn a profit .

Frik Els | February 15, 2012 | 10:00 pm

Australia’s NSW state overturns 26-year-old uranium ban

Uranium exploration in Australia’s eastern state of New South Wales (NSW) may soon become a reality after Premier Barry O'Farrell's cabinet checked off on a proposal to reverse a 26-year-old ban, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2012 | 5:02 pm

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