May 23, 2025

Miners call on Australian government to lift productivity, go green

The Australian Labor Party has a strong mandate to lead, with mining bosses urging the government to bolster resources sector policies.

May 19, 2025

Namibia sees uranium, oil driving rebound in foreign investment

Idled uranium operations restart and global companies ramp up oil exploration and green hydrogen projects in the west African nation.

May 18, 2025

Orano explores sale of Niger uranium assets, FT reports

The uranium miner filed a lawsuit this week over the "arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and unjust confiscation of property" involving its staff and assets in the country.

May 15, 2025

US mining permits fast tracked? Legal insights on Trump critical minerals executive order

The order to stimulate US production aims to alter the political landscape of languishing mining project permitting files.

May 13, 2025

Kazatomprom obtains financing for sulphuric acid plant

The total cost of the project is about 113 billion tenge ($222.5 million).

May 13, 2025

Orano files lawsuit over staff detention in Niger

Orano said it had been unable to contact its mining director in Niger, who was taken to the headquarters of the country's external intelligence agency.

May 12, 2025

US to fast-track Utah uranium mine permit

The Velvet-Wood uranium project's environmental review will be completed in just 14 days, the Interior Department said in a statement.

May 12, 2025

Support surges for critical minerals mining in Nova Scotia

76% of Nova Scotians support mining critical minerals in the province.

May 6, 2025

Niger security forces search Orano offices and seize phones

Reuters sources said Orano's local director Ibrahim Courmo had been arrested.

May 5, 2025

Rosatom sues Finnish firms $2.8B over nuclear plant contract

The contract to build a 1.2 gigawatt plant with investments estimated at 6.5-7 billion euros was signed in 2013, but the Finnish side terminated it in May 2022.