Kazatomprom annual output to drop by up to 4,000 tonnes

Norm aims at ensuring that hard-rock mining companies can pay the costs of cleaning up their mines, says EPA.

Global miners have been cutting spending on new projects and expansions since 2012.

Cooling system for spent nuclear fuel on the third reactor of the Fukushima plant halted for a brief period, then restarted.

Authorities have blocked new mining claims on a 30,000-acres area north of the park for at least two years.

Platform aims to help local suppliers bid for contacts related to the Plan Nord, a provincial initiative to invest about $1.3 billion in infrastructure and other projects over the next five years.

While most miners have managed to straighten the balance sheets, they have not began preparing to deal with a new looming risk —their ability to access workers with the skills needed in an upswing.

Even if the US president-elect's massive infrastructure build-out plan makes it through Congress intact.

The uranium market is showing all the signs of a cyclical industry suffering a post-party hangover -- except this was an all-weekend party session.

Uranium price is down 45% this year as stockpiles reach 1.4 billion tonnes – enough to fuel the world's reactors for eight years.