NexGen’s Rook I uranium project costs soar
NexGen Energy (TSX: NXE; NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG) says inflation and improved engineering have pushed construction costs for its permits-stage Rook I uranium project in Saskatchewan nearly 70% higher than a…
Uranium
Kazatomprom hikes outlook after higher uranium production so far this year
The world’s top producer boosted production 6% year-on-year in the first half of the year.
Bedford Metals to start uranium exploration at Ubiquity Lake
Canadian junior Bedford Metals (TSXV: BFM) has secured an exploration permit for its Ubiquity Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan. The licence allows Bedford to start field activities to validate…
Fission deal key to Paladin Energy’s plan to help plug uranium supply gap
Just months after rejoining the uranium producers’ club with the March restart of its Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia, Paladin Energy (ASX: PDN; US-OTC: PALAF) has set its sights on…
Video: ‘Big bang’ in commodity demand set to lift miners, Prins says
Global miners are set to benefit from rising needs for “real assets,” Nomi Prins, a macroeconomist and author of the newsletter PrInsights Global, says in a new interview. Global geopolitical…
Australia rejects Rio Tinto unit’s uranium mine lease renewal
Decision ends a decades-long dispute over Jabikula, one of the world’s largest untapped deposits of high-grade uranium.
Video: Paladin eyes ‘world-class’ Fission asset amid growing uranium demand
In June, Australia’s Paladin Energy (ASX; PDN; US-OTC: PALAF) launched a $1.1-billion all-share bid for Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) and its “world-class” Patterson Lake South project in Saskatchewan. …
Video: LSE-listed uranium junior Power Metals lands in North America
Power Metals Resources (LSE: POW; US-OTC: POWMF) CEO Sean Wade says there are plenty of catalysts for the London-listed prospect generator which just listed on the OTC. The company, which…
CanAlaska posts uranium discovery in Saskatchewan
CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV; OTCQX: CVVUF) has announced a discovery at the Pike zone of its West McArthur joint venture project with Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) in Saskatchewan’s eastern Athabasca Basin….
Top uranium producer Kazakhstan hikes tax
Kazakhstan, the world’s largest producer of uranium, is increasing its mining tax on the nuclear fuel by at least 50% next year. The central-Asian country is to raise the rate…
Friedland warns of copper ‘crisis’ as mine costs soar
Boca Raton, Fla. – Miners and analysts gathered this week in a sweaty beach city in southeast Florida to ponder why the industry gets the cold shoulder from most investors. Copper…
CanAlaska rises on 21.6 metres of 3.44% eU3O8 at Pike zone
CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV; US-OTC) stock jumped more than 10% on a rich hit of 21.6 metres grading 3.44% uranium oxide equivalent (eU3O8) at its West McArthur project in Saskatchewan….