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Debt-free UEC says it controls biggest ISR uranium portfolio in US
9th June 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

NYSE-listed Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) has closed a series of transactions with Anfield Energy, which has seen the company emerge as debt-free and positioned as a leading conventional... 


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US seeks $4.3bn for uranium to wean off Russia supply
8th June 2022 By: Bloomberg

The Biden administration is pushing lawmakers to support a $4.3-billion plan to buy enriched uranium directly from domestic producers to wean the US off Russian imports of the nuclear-reactor fuel,... 


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Rare earths mining marking time amid prospecting bid to explore on same site
7th June 2022 By: Martin Creamer

A rare earths development is marking time owing to a prospecting right appeal to explore where a mining right has already been granted, Steenkampskraal chairperson Trevor Blench disclosed at last... 


Ansto helps with new lithium extraction method
7th June 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANTSO) has joined forces with ASX-listed Lithium Australia to develop a world-first technology to extract more lithium from lithium mining... 


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Tiris uranium project, Mauritania – update
3rd June 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Aura Energy has announced that a diamond drill rig has been mobilised from Nouakchott to the Tiris uranium project to begin the 10 000 m infill drilling programme. 


DMRE agrees to adopt amended African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research
2nd June 2022 By: Donna Slater

The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, on May 31, unanimously voted to adopt the amended African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research (AFRA) as presented by the Department... 


Can LNG be a supporting part of SA’s future energy mix?
30th May 2022

There is an intense discussion taking place around a future-proof energy strategy for South Africa. Other energy sources need to be explored and further researched to better understand how... 


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Uranium investors await price rally to revive Namibia projects
30th May 2022 By: Bloomberg

Namibia’s finance minister said uranium miners are waiting for prices to recover before reviving projects in Africa’s biggest producer of the ore, which is needed for nuclear power in a world... 


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Unloved since Fukushima, uranium is hot again for miners
20th May 2022 By: Reuters

Uranium miners are racing to revive projects mothballed after the Fukushima disaster more than a decade ago, spurred by renewed demand for nuclear energy and a leap in yellowcake prices after... 


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Mantashe open to meeting with opposition to seek short-term solutions to power crisis
19th May 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has described as “constructive” a proposal by the opposition Democratic Alliance for a meeting to discuss short-term solutions to the country’s... 


Uranium specialist Patrick Mutz joins Aura board
18th May 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX- and Aim-listed Aura Energy has appointed Patrick Mutz as an independent nonexecutive director of the company, effective May 18. Aura is focused on the development of its 85%-owned Tiris... 


China, US are racing to make billions from mining the moon's minerals
17th May 2022 By: Bloomberg

“There’s going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it,” US President Joe Biden said after Russia’s war in Ukraine upended global geopolitics. Far from Earth, that transition is... 


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Developing countries have opportunity to call for greater access to nuclear energy, technology
17th May 2022 By: Schalk Burger

States that do not have nuclear weapons, which include most developing countries, have an opportunity to demand greater access to nuclear sciences and technologies for peaceful purposes, including... 


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Necsa starts process to replace venerable Safari-1 reactor
13th May 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has, with the approval of Cabinet, started the process that should result in it acquiring a new nuclear research reactor, to replace its current... 


Lesedi continues to execute projects in mining industry
Lesedi continues to execute projects in mining industry
12th May 2022 By: Simone Liedtke

Multi-disciplinary projects organisation Lesedi Nuclear Services is active at clients in the mining sector and has, over the last six years, executed several projects for mining industry clients... 


How to speed up the rollout of small nuclear power plants
11th May 2022 By: Bloomberg

Building big, conventional nuclear power plants is slow and expensive. That’s one reason the industry is staking its future on a new generation of smaller advanced reactors. Still in development,... 


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Green hydrogen can be produced in South Africa immediately, coal conference hears
6th May 2022 By: Martin Creamer

The generation of green hydrogen is achievable in South Africa immediately and is not a complicated process, Sasol just transition office head David Kawesha said on Friday. “You just need the... 


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Nuclear medicine industry affected by Covid-19
6th May 2022 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a drop of over 50% in services rendered in the nuclear medicine industry which has also led to unemployment and facilities closing down, says South African Society... 


Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan
Gordhan says Eskom restructuring will avert ‘protracted failure’ of utility
5th May 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan acknowledged that Eskom is in crisis but has dismissed suggestions that the utility is broken and heading for a “protracted failure”, saying that the... 


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DMRE details fresh electricity procurement delays in briefing of lawmakers
3rd May 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) told lawmakers on Tuesday that the postponement of financial close on 25 wind and solar projects selected as preferred bids in October was the... 


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South Africa would do well to highlight its key iridium status to world that needs this very rare metal
3rd May 2022 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa would do well to highlight its key iridium supply status to gain the full confidence of a world that requires this very rare platinum group metal (PGM) to advance the fast-moving... 


Nornickel and Rosatom to collaborate on lithium
26th April 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Palladium and nickel miner Nornickel will collaborate with State atomic energy corporation Rosatom on the development of what it describes as the “most promising” lithium ore deposit in Russia.... 


UK goes big on nuclear, offshore wind for its future and secure low-carbon energy
22nd April 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The UK officially confirmed on Thursday that, to ensure the country’s energy security and independence, while also moving more rapidly to achieving net-zero carbon emissions energy, it was going to... 


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Breaking point?
22nd April 2022 By: Terence Creamer

There will be much interest in the coming days as to whether all 25 of the wind and solar photovoltaic projects named as preferred bids in October are able to reach financial close. The projects... 


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The grid cannot cope with additional power supply and, thus, with the last bidding round issued by the Independent Power Producers Office, certain projects were not allowed to proceed
Connection delays increasing demand for standby power
15th April 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

As South Africa’s energy needs rebound on the back of improved economic activity, it is evident that standby power will be needed for the foreseeable future, as the connection of enough embedded... 


White Mesa makes three critical mineral shipments
14th April 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

NYSE- and TSX-listed Energy Fuels last week made three commercial shipments of critical mineral products, including uranium, vanadium and rare-earth elements (REE). The three shipments of advanced... 


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Global momentum
8th April 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Last week I wrote that South African policymakers should not misread the energy market signals that have arisen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A note of caution written in light of indications... 


India continues with major nuclear energy development programme
6th April 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

India currently had ten nuclear reactors under construction and had authorised the construction of another ten. The country had also imported 7 546 t of natural uranium ore concentrate and 56.78 t... 


Australia focus on critical minerals - Minister
6th April 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Australian government would continue to invest in the critical minerals sector, federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Paydirt Battery Minerals conference,... 


NUM report supports just energy transition, but with caveats
1st April 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Trade union the National Union of Mineworkers on March 31 presented its ‘Just Transition and the Energy Sector’ report for discussion and adoption, on day two of its yearly national congress. The... 


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Green independence
1st April 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Policymakers should not misread the admittedly confusing energy market signals that have arisen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The confusion has been driven largely by the scramble under way... 


German hard coal importers receiving Russian supplies - BDEW
25th March 2022 By: Reuters

German operators of hard coal-fired power plants are receiving regular amounts of imported feedstock from Russia and on-site coal inventories are filled until May, a note from Germany's utility... 


World needs to double efforts to limit warming to 1.5 ºC by 2050 – WoodMac
24th March 2022 By: Schalk Burger

The world is facing its biggest challenge yet in its journey towards net-zero emissions and needs to double-down on plans to achieve the goal of limiting the rise in global temperatures to within... 


Carbon prices decline despite energy costs increasing owing to war on Ukraine - Fitch Solutions
18th March 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Carbon prices have tumbled in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, decoupling from the broader energy complex, despite the steep rise in gas prices, which should have incentivised gas-to-coal... 


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Energy sovereignty, Steel Master Plan, Solar PV projects make headlines
18th March 2022

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Fortescue Metals Group’s Andrew Forrest's call for energy sovereignty; Seifsa  urging the metals sector to take advantage of the Steel Master Plan... 


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Tiris uranium project, Mauritania – update
18th March 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Aura Energy will raise A$8.8-million in a share placement to advance its Tiris uranium project. 


US Senators introduce bill to ban US imports of Russian uranium
US Senators introduce bill to ban US imports of Russian uranium
17th March 2022 By: Reuters

Republican US Senators on Thursday introduced a bill to ban US imports of Russian uranium to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. The bill comes as the Biden administration has been weighing... 


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Standard Bank halts new coal-power funding, but backs gas as ‘transition fuel’
16th March 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The Standard Bank Group has become the latest South African bank to confirm that it will no longer finance new coal-fired power plants or support the expansion of existing coal-fired power plants... 


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Energy Fuels selling vanadium inventory, eyes uranium contracts
16th March 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

US-based Energy Fuels believes the next upward cycle for vanadium may have begun and has started selling some of its 1.65-million-pound inventory, while it is also actively pursuing uranium sales... 


New strategy and more funding for critical minerals
16th March 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Australian government on Wednesday unveiled a package of measures to unlock Australia’s critical minerals potential, including a A$200-million Accelerator grants program, A$50-million to... 


Aura raises cash to advance Tiris
14th March 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Dual listed Aura Energy will raise A$8.8-million in a share placement to advance its Tiris uranium project, in Mauritania. Shareholders approved the issue of some 35.2-million shares, at a price... 


Uranium soars to highest since Fukushima disaster on Russian war
Uranium soars to highest since Fukushima disaster on Russian war
11th March 2022 By: Bloomberg

Uranium spot prices surged to the highest level since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster on concern potential sanctions aimed at Russia are poised to roil an already tight market. The price for... 


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Company begins producing, selling rutile
11th March 2022 By: Cameron Mackay

Heavy mineral sands miner PYX Resources started production and sales activity of natural rutile from its Mandiri deposit in central Kalimantan, in Indonesia, in January. The rutile is being sold to... 


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