May 27, 2025 NexGen reports ‘high-calibre’ uranium results from drilling at PCE target in Saskatchewan The PCE results come as NexGen prepares for Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearings later this year.
May 23, 2025 Trump signs orders to revive US leadership in nuclear power While the country was once the leader in deploying and producing nuclear power, it’s finished building only two new reactors in the last 30 years and shuttered existing plants.
May 23, 2025 US approves Utah uranium mine after two-week environmental review Velvet-Wood becomes the first approved project under an emergency process for the Interior Department to permit energy facilities on federal lands.
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.
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