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Etango investment decision on track for 2024
4th September 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Uranium hopeful Bannerman Energy is hoping to take a final investment decision on its Etango project, in Namibia, in the first half of next year. The company on Monday said overall front-end... 


NextGen raises $110m for Rook I uranium project
NextGen raises $110m for Rook I uranium project
1st September 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian junior NexGen Energy has announced $110-million of financing for the Rook I uranium mine and mill development project in Saskatchewan. The company has entered binding term sheets with... 


Peninsula makes a new plan for Lance
Peninsula makes a new plan for Lance
31st August 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Uranium developer Peninsula Energy has unveiled a new life-of-mine (LoM) plan for the Ross and Kendrick production areas at its Lance uranium project, in Wyoming, which could see production... 


ERA braces for more cost increases
31st August 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The 2022 feasibility study into the rehabilitation of the Ranger uranium project, in the Northern Territory, has confirmed a A$368-million cost increase for the closure, bringing the total cost of... 


Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe
Mantashe aiming to secure Cabinet approval for ‘IRP 2023’ in Sept
29th August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is aiming to seek Cabinet approval to publish an updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for public consultation during an upcoming Cabinet... 


Top uranium producer wants to shake up nuclear decision making
Top uranium producer wants to shake up nuclear decision making
25th August 2023 By: Reuters

Since the height of the Cold War, the rules governing the safety and security of the global nuclear industry have been decided behind closed doors by a 35-member board that excludes some of the... 


An image of the Langer Heinrich Mine in Namibia
Paladin marks ongoing progress in Namibia
25th August 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The 2023 financial year saw Australia-based Paladin Energy continue to execute on its strategy of returning the Langer Heinrich Mine (LHM), in Namibia, to production, with the restart project well... 


Laramide wins DoE grant for groundwater restoration study
Laramide wins DoE grant for groundwater restoration study
25th August 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded a $1.8-million grant to Laramide Resources subsidiary NuFuels to further a study on in-situ recovery- (ISR) groundwater restoration technology. The... 


Standard Uranium to expand newly staked Corvo project
25th August 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Vancouver-based Standard Uranium is expanding its newly staked Corvo project, in the Eastern Athabasca basin, with an agreement to acquire eight additional mineral claims. Upon completion of the... 


Canisters filled with uranium hexafluoride gas that must be enriched to power reactors. Converting milled uranium into this gas is the most acute bottleneck in the US nuclear fuel cycle.
The race to ditch Russian uranium starts in New Mexico’s desert
23rd August 2023 By: Bloomberg

In a remote, dusty corner of New Mexico, so near to the Texas border that if you wander too close your smartphone changes time zones, sits a pristine factory that is the best chance for the US to... 


The portfolio includes an interest in the Henday Lake, which is less than 5 km from the Roughrider project (pictured).
UEC picks up more of Rio Tinto's Athabasca Basin projects
22nd August 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

NYSE American-listed Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) has closed its third acquisition in the Athabasca Basin in the last 12 months, advancing its strategy of assembling a premier North American uranium... 


Premier American Uranium spinout approved
17th August 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Consolidated Uranium has obtained a final order from the Ontario Superior Court approving the previously announced spinout of Premier American Uranium (PUR). This follows the general... 


Sarana Riggs
Uranium hunters in US West face partial ban, pollution concerns
10th August 2023 By: Bloomberg

Five weeks before President Joe Biden announced a historic new ban on new uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, Sarana Riggs approached the barbed-wire fence surrounding an inactive mine in an... 


Image shows Paladin CEO Ian Purdy
Uranium miner Paladin plans mining start in 2025
8th August 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Mining operations at the Langer Heinrich mine, in Namibia, is expected to restart by June 2025, Paladin Energy CEO Ian Purdy said. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online on the sidelines of the Diggers... 


Honeymoon contracts expected before year-end
7th August 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Uranium developer Boss Energy is poised to announce its first offtake deal before the start of production at its Honeymoon project, in South Australia, before the end of the year. Speaking at the... 


Greenland takes draft decision on Kuannersuit
3rd August 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The government of Greenland has, in a draft decision, refused ASX-listed Energy Transition Minerals’ appeal for an amended exploitation license for its Kuannersuit project. The draft decision... 


Uranium price ticks up after Niger coup, more gains expected
Uranium price ticks up after Niger coup, more gains expected
1st August 2023 By: Reuters

The price of uranium has risen only slightly since a military coup in Niger last week as mining operations have continued in the world's seventh largest producer of the radioactive metal, but a... 


GoviEx’s operations in Niger continue uninterrupted, despite the uncertainty in the country as a result of a coup
GoviEx operations continue despite coup in Niger
1st August 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Mineral resource company GoviEx Uranium has assured shareholders that its operations in Niger continue uninterrupted, despite the uncertainty in that country as a result of a coup. Military leaders... 


Ranger could face higher costs and more delays - ERA
28th July 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has warned of further delays and cost increases for the rehabilitation of its Ranger project in the Northern Territory. The company on Friday said... 


Anglo American Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen.
Challenge of producing green hydrogen economically has been met – Natascha Viljoen
26th July 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The challenge of producing green hydrogen economically is now done and dusted. “That box has been ticked,” Anglo American Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen assured Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview.... 


Anfield buys  US uranium project from enCore
Anfield buys US uranium project from enCore
21st July 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

Uranium and vanadium development company Anfield Energy has significantly expanded its uranium resource base with the addition of the 18.1-million-pound Marquez-Juan Tafoya project, near... 


'Significant delay' to Lance restart
'Significant delay' to Lance restart
19th July 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Uranium developer Peninsula Energy has warned of a "significant delay" in the restart of production at its Lance uranium project, in Wyoming. The company in May this year flagged an initial delay... 


Shumba cofounder, chairperson and director Alan Clegg.
As gold demand rises, South Africa has opportunity to recover 30Moz of gold from dumps
18th July 2023 By: Martin Creamer

With demand for gold currently off the charts, South Africa has a huge opportunity to recover gold from its surfeit of gold mine dump material at relatively high speed, a mining event in the Golden... 


GoviEx announces higher openpit mineral resources at Muntanga
17th July 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Mineral resources company GoviEx Uranium has announced an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its mine-permitted Muntanga uranium project, in Zambia. The Muntanga project comprises three... 


Image shows yellow cake
Lotus to merge with A-Cap Energy
13th July 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Uranium developer Lotus Resources on Thursday announced a merger with fellow listed A-Cap Energy to create an Africa-focused uranium player. Under a scheme of arrangement, A-Cap shareholders would... 


Paladin aborts sale of Canada exploration project
7th July 2023 By: Mariaan Webb

Uranium miner Paladin Energy will retain its 75% interest in the Michelin joint venture (JV), in Labrador, Canada, after failing to secure an offer that is deemed to be acceptable. This follows a... 


Hydro Power Equipment (HPE) director Ulrich Kienle.
Water power in underground mining has gone mainstream, says HPE
6th July 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The long-standing use of water to cool underground mines is increasingly providing the opportunity to apply the free water pressure head that this offers to energise mining equipment. High-pressure... 


Ontario Energy Minister Tod Smith says new nuclear capacity is critical to building a clean energy future.
World's biggest nuclear power plant being planned in Canada
6th July 2023 By: Bloomberg

A Canadian utility is starting early work to expand a nuclear plant, potentially building the world’s biggest facility as growing demand for clean energy spurs interest in atomic energy. The... 


US Department of State Bureau of Energy Resources Office of Energy Transformation acting director Scott Woodard.
Clean hydrogen could be virtually zero cost, US energy diplomat tells London Indaba
30th June 2023 By: Martin Creamer

The main founders of the Inflation Reduction Act envision the US legislation as a clean energy bill to lower the costs of green energy technologies for everyone around the world as well as being... 


Madison Metals CEO Duane Parnham
Uranium-backed digital tokens not dead – Parnham
30th June 2023 By: Darren Parker

After uranium developer Madison Metals’ initial attempt to provide the world’s first uranium-backed non-fungible token (NFT) fell through in April, CEO Duane Parnham tells Mining Weekly that the... 


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