June 7, 2011

U.S. opinion leaders ask Obama to continue Grand Canyon uranium mining ban

In an open letter contained in an ad published this week in the New York Times, 50 politicians, actors, scientists and public officials urged the Obama Administration extend a 1-million…

June 7, 2011

Ignoring Germany’s nuclear u-turn

On Monday, Germany announced that it’s going to shut all its nuclear power plants by 2022. What a difference a year makes. Because only a year ago, the country announced…

June 6, 2011

Unprecedented volumes on Africa’s biggest heap leach pad project

Construction activities have reached peak intensity on the 34-month Maxi Heap Leach Pad project for French nuclear company AREVA at its Trekkopje uranium mine in Namibia, which will feature in…

June 6, 2011

First Uranium announces financial results for the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2011

First Uranium announced total gold sales for its financial year ended March 31, 2011 ("FY 2011") of 142,630 ounces of gold, which is a significant increase over the 91,657 ounces…

June 6, 2011

Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. completes flow-through financing with MineralFields Group and others

Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PTU) is pleased to announce that it has completed a private placement of 2,272,727 units ("Units") at a price of $0.22 per Unit for gross…

June 5, 2011

Staying bullish on uranium

The fear around nuclear energy is palpable. The catastrophic events in Japan on March 11 have put a damper on the momentum of what was fast becoming a nuclear renaissance.…

June 3, 2011

Protest against uranium mines in India could unravel a $500bn nuclear plan

The state of Andhra Pradesh in India was poised to become a major uranium hub, contributing almost 25% of the nuclear fuel […]

June 1, 2011

The world is not running out of natural resources

Let me begin by saying that I believe the premise of this question is mistaken. It is quite incorrect to think that fossil fuel resources are finite. It may be…

May 31, 2011

Cameco, Uranium One shares fall on Germany’s nuclear decision

Shares of top Canadian uranium producer Cameco (CCO.TO: Quote) slipped as much as 4.4 percent on Monday, after Germany said that it plans to shut all its nuclear reactors by…

May 27, 2011

Zambia approves Barrick, Equinox deal

Zambia has approved the proposed takeover of Equinox Minerals by Barrick Gold on condition the government keeps its 2.2 percent stake in Equinox, a regulatory body said on Friday. The…