UEX files first updated resource for Horseshoe-Raven uranium project in a decade

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say what impact the recent Vale tailings dam disaster will have on efforts to restart BHP and Vale's jointly owned Samarco mine, shut since November 2015 after a dam collapse killed 19 people.

The company says it has seen a significant improvement over the past year, with prices up about 20%, but believes conditions are not where they need to be to restart idled capacity.

According to the industry group, such reform would encourage additional investment in capital and technology.

The Temple Mountain property was first mined in 1914.

GoviEx Uranium is studying the possibility of powering its flagship Madaouela project in Niger using a renewable hybrid solar power solution.

Mining companies now need to determine how to operate in a market that is characterized by rising stakeholder demands, a widening talent gap, as well as dwindling access to key inputs such as energy and water, says Deloitte in its latest annual report.

NexGen Energy is embarking on the largest drill program in its history at the Rook I project in the Athabasca Basin.

"It is like when you look in your closet on a morning and you only look for pants"

But only sliver of funds raised destined for mining and metals