June 10, 2014

Fresh job cuts at Rio’s Rossing Uranium mine in Namibia

This is not the first time Rio Tinto axes jobs at this mine. In 2013, it sacked 276 workers, following losses on reduced demand for the metal.

June 9, 2014

US Energy Department said to have illegally transferred uranium to private firm

Report claims officials did not have legal authority to transfer millions of dollars worth of uranium resources to the only local company that uses American-developed technology to enrich the commodity.

June 9, 2014

Feds open door to more uranium mining in Southwest Colorado

Mining along the wild canyon country Dolores River could resume any time now that the U.S. Department of Energy last month extended a leasing program covering 25,000 acres in the…

June 7, 2014

Brent Cook: Exploration sector hasn’t hit bottom yet

Brent Cook from Exploration Insights chats with Cambridge House Live anchor Vanessa Collette about the state of the junior mining sector.

June 4, 2014

Areva office, ex-staffs homes raided by police over purchase probe

The ongoing investigation focuses on the controversial $2.5billion acquisition of Canadian rival UraMin in 2007.

June 3, 2014

Vancouver’s Boss power closes on $30m settlement with province over uranium ban

Officially putting to bed a nearly six-year-old lawsuit.

May 29, 2014

Is Western Europe going to rethink nuclear after Ukrainian crisis?

At the end of 2013, I was very bullish on uranium as I believed the end of the 20 year Russian Nuclear Agreement would spark a rally as utilities would…

May 26, 2014

Areva reaches uranium mining deal with Niger, delays project

The Imouraren project’s production start date has been pushed back several times. It was last due in 2015.

May 26, 2014

Your favourite radioactive element in soap form

Choose from plutonium, radium or uranium.

May 24, 2014

Govind Friedland to IPO GoviEx Uranium

The company plans to use the net proceeds to pay for an environmental and social impact assessment as well as a pilot plant for its Madaouela uranium discovery in Niger.