Cameco pivots into profit as Ukraine war knocks uranium supplies
Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has swung into profit after uranium prices rose when the war in Ukraine sidelined Russian supplies and as the push…
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Searchers find Rio Tinto’s radioactive capsule lost in Australia
An Australian emergency services search team has found a tiny, but potentially deadly radioactive capsule belonging to Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) on the side…
Rio Tinto sorry for loss of radioactive capsule in Australia
Mining giant Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) apologized on Monday for the loss of a small, but “highly radioactive” capsule that has…
Kazatomprom reports a production miss
The world’s largest uranium producer, Kazakhstan’s Kazatomprom (LSE: KAP), saw its attributable output fell by 4.1% last year to 11,373 tonnes of uranium, down from…
2023 is ‘likely to surprise’ us as much as 2022 did, finds White & Case survey
Inflation and geopolitics have overtaken ESG as the biggest concerns for 2023, while energy costs, shifting supply chains, and climate-related regulation and activism still worry…
Energy Metals Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
As zero-emissions technologies continue to develop, demand is steadily rising for uranium, nickel, lithium, copper and graphite. Here’s a glimpse of eight companies exploring for or mining…
Western Uranium & Vanadium plans processing plant build
After more than a year on the hunt, Western Uranium & Vanadium (CSE: WUC; US-OTC: WSTRF) says it plans to build a mineral processing plant in Emery…
Christie Lake drill results expand uranium deposit, UEC says
Uranium Energy (NYSE: UEC) says new drill results expand the footprint of high-grade uranium mineralization at its Christie Lake project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin. …
New FS boosts NPV at Fission Uranium’s Patterson Lake project by 70%
An underground-only feasibility study for Fission Uranium’s (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) Patterson Lake South (PLS) project in Saskatchewan has increased its mine life from seven…
GoviEx sells Falea uranium project in Mali
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) is selling its uranium-silver-copper Falea project in Mali to African Energy Metals (TSXV: CUCO; US-OTC: NDENF) in a $5.5…
Resource nationalism on the rise, says VRIC’s Jay Martin, as mining juniors head to Vancouver
There’s no denying the world is an entirely different place compared with a year ago, says Cambridge House International’s president and CEO, Jay Martin, as…
TSXV climbs in the first trading week of 2023
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 11.62 points or 2% over the Jan.2-6, 2023 trading session to end at 581.89. Electra Battery Materials closed the…