Cameco suspends production at Cigar Lake
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) announced today that it will temporarily suspend production at its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan over the coming weeks due to the increasing risks…
Uranium
TSX mixed, Dec. 7-11
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.16% to 17,548.92 during the Dec. 7-11 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index fell 0.08% to 99.28, and the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index…
Azarga secures major permit for Dewey Burdock
Azarga Uranium (TSXV: AZZ; US-OTC: AZZUF) is closer to mining at its Dewey Burdock in-situ recovery uranium project in South Dakota, after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted the…
Denison delivers robust PEA for Waterbury Lake
Company selected ISR mining for renamed Tthe Heldeth Túé deposit in Saskatchewan.
Denison plans Canada’s first in-situ recovery uranium mine
Canada’s Denison Mines (TSX: DML) is ready to resume the formal environmental assessment (EA) process for its 90%-owned Wheeler River project in Saskatchewan, which is poised to be the country’s…
Energy Fuels produces REE concentrate at White Mesa
Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) has produced the first rare earth element (REE) carbonate concentrate on a pilot-scale at its wholly owned White Mesa mill in southeastern Utah, 508 km…
Cameco reports $61M loss in Q3
With its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan on care and maintenance for the majority of the second and third quarters, Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) reported a quarterly…
Commentary: How Olympic Dam went from mother of all digs to ‘debottlenecking’
A decade ago BHP Billiton was gearing up to dig the world’s biggest hole in the Australian outback. In 2011, BHP delivered the largest annual profit in Australian corporate history…
BHP scraps US$2.5B Olympic Dam expansion plan
Mining giant BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) has shelved a planned US$2.5 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine in South Australia, after studies of the…
TSX Venture falls, Oct. 12-16
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 0.95%, or 6.94 points, to finish the Oct. 12-16 trading week at 725.31. Spot gold dropped US$30.90 per oz., or 1.60%, to US$1,899.70 per…
Gold rally lifts top 50 mining stocks above US$1T for first time
MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows an industry recovering from its Covid-19 slump and moving into positive territory for the fourth quarter…
Raymond James raises price forecasts for base metals, iron ore
Raymond James forecasts higher average prices for copper, nickel, lead, zinc and iron ore, but lower prices for uranium, its analysts wrote in a research note. The financial services firm…