Analysts forecast a mixed bag for commodities amid global 2023 slowdown
Given the tumultuous past two years that saw global markets ebb and flow to extreme degrees, it’s perhaps no surprise that the only thing that’s certain about the 2023 outlook…
Uranium
ESG and mining debate: cultish activism vs. modern business sense
Are environmental, social and governance (ESG) guidelines the bible of a shadowy priesthood of consultants, or are they just good for business? Those two sides took shape during an online…
JV Article: Blue Sky Uranium foresees ‘formative year’ at Argentine site amid global energy crunch
Blue Sky Uranium (TSXV: BSK; US-OTC: BKUCF), a Vancouver-based uranium and vanadium explorer with 4,000 sq. km of prospective tenements in Argentina’s Patagonia region, expects to update the preliminary economic assessment…
TSX Venture Exchange ends Nov. 28–Dec. 2 trading week higher
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index ended the Nov. 29-Dec. 2 trading session at 599.20 points, up 23.56 points or 4.1% higher. Topping the percentage gainers this week was Queensland Gold,…
Brazil to let private sector mine for uranium
Brazil’s lower house has approved a constitutional reform that authorizes the private sector to enter the uranium sector, which is currently the exclusive responsibility of state-run Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB)….
EnCore Energy shares slide on buying another uranium plant in Texas
enCore Energy (TSXV: EU;OTCQB: ENCUF) says it is buying the past-producing Alta Mesa uranium project in Texas from Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR) for US$120 million in a deal boosting its…
Cameco officially restarts production at McArthur River/Key Lake following four-year shutdown
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) announced on Wednesday that the first pounds of uranium ore from the McArthur River mine in Saskatchewan have now been milled and packaged at the…
Cascading battery metal supply crunch to get serious from 2024, analysts forecast
Increasing consumption will outstrip the mining industry’s ability to ramp up supply, resulting in commodity deficits as early as 2024, a new analysis by S&P Global has found. The report,…
Fission drills top Triple R hole
Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; OTC: FCUUF) has drilled one of the best holes to date at its Patterson Lake South (PLS) project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin. Hole PLS21-MET-004, drilled in…
Cameco reports Q3 uranium contracting gains, touts scooping Russian market share
Canadian uranium major Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has narrowed its September-quarter loss, citing building momentum in long-term contracting by power utilities amid concern about global energy security and the…
Denison in ‘milestone’ EIS submission for Wheeler River uranium project
Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) has filed its environmental impact statement (EIS) with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, reaching another milestone for its…
As Ontario joins clean energy talks, federal minister Wilkinson looks to streamline project approvals
Ontario has joined a country-wide consultation process to hammer out energy and mining strategies for transitioning to clean power using critical minerals, Canada’s natural resources minister said on Tuesday. The…