October 25, 2012

China to undergo U-shaped recovery

A leading analyst says growth in China is set to gradually recuperate as the Middle Kingdom's economy experiences a short, sharp U-shaped convalescence.

October 25, 2012

Cheaper commodities won’t kill off Australia’s mining boom

Australian Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says the onset of an era of low commodities prices does not spell the end of the country's China-backed mining boom.

October 24, 2012

Pele Mountain Achieves Processing Milestone: Mixed Rare Earth Concentrate and Yellow Cake Produced at Eco Ridge

The Canadian junior achieved a significant milestone with the production of a mixed rare earth carbonate concentrate along with uranium oxide, also known as yellow cake.

October 22, 2012

Queensland to rescind decades-long ban on uranium mining

The Australian tropical state of Queensland has announced that a decades-long ban on uranium mining will soon be rescinded.

October 19, 2012

No more obstacles to Australian exports of uranium to India

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the country has changed its stance on uranium and that there are no further "outstanding obstacles" to exports of the nuclear material…

October 17, 2012

U3O8 Corp. Further Optimizes Metallurgical Process on the Berlin Project, Colombia

Canada's U3O8 had optimized the metallurgical process at its Berlin uranium project, in Colombia, and found that by adding an acetic-acid (vinegar) leach step to the process by which the…

October 17, 2012

Australian PM open to uranium sales to India

Uranium sales are set to be a key issue of discussions between Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her counterparts in New Delhi during an official visit to India.

October 16, 2012

Pele Mountain begins 6,500-meter drill program at its Eco Ridge mine rare earth and uranium project

The company announced today the arrival of two drill rigs and the commencement of a 6,500-meter drill program at its Eco Ridge mine rare earths and uranium project at Elliot…

October 15, 2012

More than half of mining execs think industry is on its way up

Mining executives see lots of more sunny days in 2013 with 55% of participants in a recent survey saying they believe their sector will perform better than it did in…

October 12, 2012

Areva mothballs Namibia uranium mine

The price of the nuclear fuel is down 10% in just the last three months.