Uranium


Examining cathode at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine and mill in South Australia. Photo by BHP Billiton

BHP delays Olympic Dam expansion

BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N, BLT-L) decision to delay a US$30-billion dollar expansion of its Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine in South Australia due to escalating capital costs will put a forecasted uranium supply deficit under even…


Metals commentary: Getting ahead of the uranium curve

Compelling supply-demand fundamentals and near-term industry catalysts will spark a recovery in uranium prices and equity prices, David Sadowski of Raymond James argues in a weighty new report running 86 pages.  The Vancouver-based mining…


Getting out ahead of the uranium curve

Compelling supply-demand fundamentals and near-term industry catalysts will spark a recovery in uranium prices and equity prices, David Sadowski of Raymond James argues in a weighty new report running eighty-seven pages. 


Bannerman’s Etango gets environmental go-ahead

Bannerman Resources (BAN-T, BMN-A) has received an environmental nod from the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism to develop its Etango uranium project, located on the Namib Desert sands, near the costal town of Swakopmund.


Paladin Energy turns the corner

Despite two months of unplanned shutdowns to upgrade the plant and complete remediation work due to land movement at its Kayelekera open-pit uranium mine in Malawi, Paladin Energy (PDN-T) still managed to increase production there by 14% in the…


From left: Geologist Jacques Stacey, exploration manager Bill Cronk and COO Andrew Berry, in front of the Nutaaq Camp at Kivalliq Energy's Angilak uranium project in Nunavut. Photo by Kivalliq Energy

Kivalliq eyeing new uranium district in Nunavut

Kivalliq Energy (KIV-V) is cashed-up and moving forward with an ambitious exploration program on its 1,000-sq.-km Angilak property in Nunavut, just as the Nunavut government has formalized its uranium policy.The company completed an…


Cameco's uranium conversion facility in Port Hope, Ontario. Photo by Cameco

Technical analysis report: Uranium stocks show signs of life

Ever since the great bull run in uranium prices leading into 2008, investors have been waiting for the second leg up.The macro story, after all, didn’t change after the 2008 crisis subsided: a surge in nuclear reactor construction in…



Uranerz discovers new uranium trend in Wyoming

Uranerz Energy (URZ-T, URZ-X) says it has discovered a new uranium trend on its Monument project, 24 km southeast of where the company is building its first in-situ recovery uranium mine at the ­Nichols Ranch project in Wyoming’s…


Uranerz discovers new uranium trend

Uranerz Energy Corp. (URZ-T, URZ-X, URZ-N) says it has discovered a new uranium trend on its Monument project, just 24 kilometres southeast of where the company is building its first in-situ recovery uranium mine at the Nichols Ranch project in…


Is uranium set for a turnaround?

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan recently declared that Japanese society “won’t function” without nuclear power, according to the online edition of the Daily Yomiuri newspaper.


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