October 1, 2011

Cameco expects to hire 70 full-time workers for Gas Hills project

KTWO reports that Cameco plans to hire 70 full time workers for its in-situ Gas Hills project in Wyoming. Cameco is currently waiting for its environmental assessment from the Bureau…

October 1, 2011

Davis-Besse nuclear power station begins maintenance outage; major projects include reactor head replacement

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, will shut down early Saturday morning to begin…

September 29, 2011

Macusani Yellowcake Intersects 15 m Averaging 0.058% U3O8 (1.2 lbs/ton) Including 2 m Grading 0.384% U3O8 (7.7 lbs/ton) at Kihitian Property, Peru

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 29, 2011) - Macusani Yellowcake Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:YEL)(FRANKFURT:QG1) is pleased to announce additional assay results from the drilling program at the Chilcuno Chico anomaly…

September 29, 2011

Nalco plans to diversify into nuclear power

Bhubaneswar: Buoyed by 31% jump in net profit at Rs 1,069 crore in 2010-11, investing Rs 11,450 crore, but may move out of Orissa for its new smelter and power…

September 29, 2011

Pitchstone options Dome uranium property to Rio Tinto

- $5 million expenditure to earn initial 49% interest in Dome- Rio Tinto has identified multiple high priority targets at Dome

September 28, 2011

Paladin Energy Ltd successfully completes A$68.2m/C$69.2M institutional placement of shares

Paladin Energy Ltd (TSX:PDN)(ASX:PDN) ("Paladin" or the "Company") has completed the bookbuild for a private placement to institutional and accredited investors of 56.9M ordinary shares (representing 7.3% of Paladin's existing…

September 28, 2011

We’ll need 170,000 workers, says BHP

CLANCY YEATES BHP BILLITON has predicted Australia's resources industry will need an extra 170,000 workers in the next five years, underlining the job bonanza set to hit mining states. Forecasts…

September 28, 2011

High grade uranium boulders yield anomalous gold values from ESO/Fission JV at Patterson Lake uranium property

VANCOUVER, Sept. 28, 2011 /CNW/ - ESO Uranium Corp. (TSXV: ESO), (the "Company" or "ESO") and its 50% Joint Venture (JV) partner Fission Energy (TSX-V: FIS), announce further results from…

September 27, 2011

Deep Yellow announces high grade uranium intercepts at its Namibian projects

Deep Yellow, a uranium exploration company with operations in Namibia and in Australia, announced on Tuesday additional high grade uranium intercepts from RC drilling at the Ongolo Alaskite Deposit and…

September 26, 2011

India, China and Russia will be driving uranium’s future

Although its future is unclear, significant expansion of nuclear power capacity is projected to occur in non-OECD countries, especially China, India and Russia, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.…