April 26, 2019 Australia approves Cameco’s controversial uranium mine Developing Yeelirrie, one of Australia’s biggest undeveloped uranium deposit, will depend on market conditions, said the company.
April 24, 2019 Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines The document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level…
April 24, 2019 ALX executes agreement to earn 51% interest in the Close Lake uranium project ALX and Orano are on the verge of initiating a multi-year exploration program with the goal of locating a new, high-grade uranium deposit in the Athabasca Basin.
April 22, 2019 Australian mining group asks government to repeal nuclear power ban The Minerals Council of Australia issued a communiqué following Scott Morrison’s comments where he said he would be okay with receiving proposals from the nuclear energy industry.
April 15, 2019 US agency submits uranium import probe to White House The probe was prompted by a petition filed by two uranium mining companies, complaining that subsidized foreign competitors have caused them to cut capacity and lay off workers.
April 15, 2019 Fission Uranium tables PFS for Patterson Lake South The PFS assigns the project a $693m after-tax net present value at an 8% discount rate and a 21% after-tax internal rate of return.
April 11, 2019 Cobalt, uranium and silver prices expected to rally in 2019 But the iron ore price surge won't last says new survey of commodity analysts.
April 9, 2019 Purepoint completes initial fieldwork at Hook Lake The project lies on the southwest edge of the Athabasca Basin in the Patterson uranium district.
April 9, 2019 Niger to pay $14.5m for 10% of GoviEx’s Madaouela uranium project Government and company agreements also allow for the Madaouela mining permit to expand and include an additional 5.96 million pounds of measured and indicated resources.
April 8, 2019 Mining students learn to develop feasibility studies using high-tech solution The Riivos-built mining financial technology software helps them spend less time building spreadsheet models and more time optimizing their mine project economics.
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