April 1, 2011 Greenland may become an important player in global rare earth Although Greenland has been known as a source of uranium for many years, its recent development as a base for rare earth extraction could not be much timelier.
April 1, 2011 Uranium prices will be choppy this year: Resource Capital Research The uranium spot market will experience increased volatility over the next three to nine months, according to a study released today by Resource Capital Research. "The impact of the damaged…
March 30, 2011 BHP Billiton moves to feasibility stage of Olympic dam expansion Top global miner BHP Billiton has moved into the feasibility study stage of preparing a long-awaited expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia.
March 25, 2011 Markets quake The metals markets were briefly sidetracked by the Japanese earthquake and subsequent nuclear emergency. Gold did not know whether to go up or down in response to the damage wrought…
March 24, 2011 South Australia’s UraniumSA develops breakthrough to extract uranium from hyper saline waters A world breakthrough in extracting uranium from hyper saline water - previously not possible with conventional technology - has been announced in South Australia by uranium developer, UraniumSA. Addressing the…
March 22, 2011 Climate change specialist says 21-fold expansion of nuclear power needed by 2060 Professor Barry Brook, chairman of the Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change at the University of Adelaide, told the final day of the Paydirt 2011 Uranium Conference in Adelaide…
March 22, 2011 Cameco CEO says nuclear future still sound: Reuters Cameco Corp (CCO.TSX) remains confident that the long-term outlook for uranium is solid despite global anxiety over radiation from an earthquake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan, Chief Executive Jerry Grandey said…
March 20, 2011 Disaster in Japan won’t affect uranium sales, says Australian PM Despite the crash in uranium stocks last week, including a 15% drop in Rio Tinto majority-owned Energy Resources of Australia, Australian PM Julia Gillard insists the Japanese crisis will not…
March 20, 2011 Russian nuclear firm suspends uranium mining deal in Tanzania The East African reports that the Russian state-owned nuclear energy firm JSC Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) is shelving a plan to acquire the $1.16 billion Mkuju Uranium assets in Southern Tanzania over…
March 18, 2011 Inuit residents reject uranium mining at public forum As Japanese workers and scientists battle to prevent a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima plant, most Nunavut residents who showed up to a public forum Thursday night rejected the spectre…
Key Chinese Rio Tinto shareholder backs Glencore bid to gain copper access Chinalco is already in talks with authorities and is expected to back the ambitious tie-up, Bloomberg sources said. January 19, 2026 | 07:36 am
