Rio Tinto sorry for loss of radioactive capsule in Australia
Mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) apologized on Monday for the loss of a small, but “highly radioactive” capsule that has triggered a radiation alert across…
Uranium
Kazatomprom reports a production miss
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazakhstan’s Kazatomprom (LSE: KAP), saw its attributable output fell by 4.1% last year to 11,373 tonnes of uranium, down from 11,858 tonnes in 2021. On…
2023 is ‘likely to surprise’ us as much as 2022 did, finds White & Case survey
Inflation and geopolitics have overtaken ESG as the biggest concerns for 2023, while energy costs, shifting supply chains, and climate-related regulation and activism still worry firms. Despite shared concerns, there…
Energy Metals Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
As zero-emissions technologies continue to develop, demand is steadily rising for uranium, nickel, lithium, copper and graphite. Here’s a glimpse of eight companies exploring for or mining the energy metals. Baselode Energy …
Western Uranium & Vanadium plans processing plant build
After more than a year on the hunt, Western Uranium & Vanadium (CSE: WUC; US-OTC: WSTRF) says it plans to build a mineral processing plant in Emery County, central Utah to recover…
Christie Lake drill results expand uranium deposit, UEC says
Uranium Energy (NYSE: UEC) says new drill results expand the footprint of high-grade uranium mineralization at its Christie Lake project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin. Drill hole C-178-1 cut 15.6…
New FS boosts NPV at Fission Uranium’s Patterson Lake project by 70%
An underground-only feasibility study for Fission Uranium’s (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) Patterson Lake South (PLS) project in Saskatchewan has increased its mine life from seven to 10 years while improving…
GoviEx sells Falea uranium project in Mali
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) is selling its uranium-silver-copper Falea project in Mali to African Energy Metals (TSXV: CUCO; US-OTC: NDENF) in a $5.5 million cash and share deal….
Resource nationalism on the rise, says VRIC’s Jay Martin, as mining juniors head to Vancouver
There’s no denying the world is an entirely different place compared with a year ago, says Cambridge House International’s president and CEO, Jay Martin, as more than 300 mining juniors…
TSXV climbs in the first trading week of 2023
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 11.62 points or 2% over the Jan.2-6, 2023 trading session to end at 581.89. Electra Battery Materials closed the week as the top value…
Terrafame to start mining uranium in Finland by mid-2024
Finland’s Terrafame will start recovering natural uranium as a byproduct of zinc and nickel production at its Sotkamo mine by mid 2024. The miner, in which the Finnish state has…
EnCore Energy wins court challenge to South Dakota uranium project
EnCore Energy (TSXV: EU; OTCQB: ENCUF) has won a court challenge to its US$32 million Dewey-Burdock uranium project in South Dakota. The Oglala Sioux Tribe and watchdog group Aligning for…