The International Seabed Authority Council has approved 17 seabed exploration contracts that lie beyond national jurisdiction in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
The Port Hope plant is the only facility in Canada producing uranium hexafluoride (UF6) and the only supplier of natural uranium dioxide (UO2) conversion services.
The curb on credit card purchases of gold spread out over months comes on the heels of a raft of new regulations to cool Indians' love affair with gold.