Articles from Article Alley, tagged with "uranium mining" http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Mining Machinery Mining is a major industry in Australia and a wide range of minerals are brought to the surface every year. Coal is mined in every state and as 75% is exported to Asia. Many immigrants have moved to work in the industry and Mining Machinery is also big b... http://www.articlealley.com/http://martinsejas.articlealley.com/mining-machinery-2234134.html 17th May 2011 Celebrity, Royal and Political Psychic Predictions For 2011 As a professional psychic and intuitive profiler, I am asked about the future by the media all the time, so this year I have compiled my 2011 celebrity, royal and political predictions. For the New Year I predict that: US President Barack Obama and the... http://www.articlealley.com/http://juliannasuranyi.articlealley.com/celebrity-royal-and-political-psychic-predictions-for-2011-1942756.html 10th January 2011 American Indian Miners With Radiation Exposure Denied Workers Compensation Native Americans have worked for decades in the deep mines underneath the Colorado Plateau. Their job was to with drill deep into the rock and mine out soft uranium ore. The uranium that was mined was used to create nuclear warheads for the United States ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://stevenguy.articlealley.com/american-indian-miners-with-radiation-exposure-denied-workers-compensation-1786063.html 12th October 2010 Workers Compensation Should Be Provided to American Indian Miners For decades, Native American miners have worked the mines of the Colorado Plateau. Soft, yellow uranium ore was drilled from the rock by the miners. This uranium was used in the nuclear warheads that the US deployed around the country and that eventually ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://eugeniasteinfeldt.articlealley.com/workers-compensation-should-be-provided-to-american-indian-miners-1616941.html 23rd June 2010 The Opposite of a Baby Boom Make no mistake in thinking James Lovelock is anything but Pro Nuclear. His quote adorns the top of the front page of the World Nuclear Association's website, "There is no sensible alternative to nuclear power if we are to sustain civilization." Rightly... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dillonnorris.articlealley.com/the-opposite-of-a-baby-boom-1318014.html 30th December 2009 Problems of Uranium Mining Tailings squander Even the utmost grade deposits have less than 1% uranium. So vast amounts of ore have to be processed to obtain useful quantities of the uranium. The leftover ‘waste' rock is known tailings. In the course of processing it is crushe... http://www.articlealley.com/http://brayanpeter.articlealley.com/problems-of-uranium-mining-785986.html 16th February 2009 Niger’s Tuareg Rebels Could Impact World’s Fourth Largest Uranium Producer The next potential squeeze on uranium supply could come from terrorism, not nature. The world's seventh and eighth uranium producing mines are found in the Republic of Niger: the underground Akouta and the open pit Arlit. Together they produced 3434 to... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/nigers-tuareg-rebels-could-impact-worlds-fourth-largest-uranium-producer-186111.html 13th July 2007 South Wyoming’s Best Uranium Discovery? In yesterday's conversation with Dr. Robert Rich, we determined he had the credentials and industry knowledge to provide Yellowcake Mining (YCKM) with credibility in the uranium space. But, what about the geology? Many juniors have skated onto the radar b... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/south-wyomings-best-uranium-discovery-156418.html 08th May 2007 Uranium Gets Political Lift in New Mexico It started with SJM 10, a senate memorial which pointed out the necessity for nuclear energy and uranium production in New Mexico. Mission accomplished. From Governor Bill Richardson on down, state legislators and the administration suddenly became aware ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/uranium-gets-political-lift-in-new-mexico-156385.html 08th May 2007 The Uranium Juniors and Majors: A Symbiotic Relationship By Katherine Young, ResourceX investor May 4, 2007 Fears about peak oil and the concept of uranium as a cleaner energy source have coupled in the industry's collective imagination and forced the price of uranium to triple in the last year. On the supp... http://www.articlealley.com/http://resourcexinvestor.articlealley.com/the-uranium-juniors-and-majors-a-symbiotic-relationship-155837.html 06th May 2007 New Mine Flood Tightens Uranium Supply After Cameco Corp's Cigar Lake flood at the company's northern Saskatchewan uranium mining project rattled analysts and utilities who previously expected sufficient uranium would be available to meet the needs of nuclear utilities, along came another mine... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/new-mine-flood-tightens-uranium-supply-153639.html 30th April 2007 New Technique to Boost US Uranium Mining Production If you study the news releases, several companies have discussed the setting up of one or more satellite plants in conjunction with their In Situ Recovery (ISR) uranium mining operations. In order to help readers better understand what exactly a ‘satell... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/new-technique-to-boost-us-uranium-mining-production-141745.html 28th March 2007 ISR Uranium Mining: A New Method Explained ISR uranium mining is responsible for nearly all U.S. uranium mining (except for recovery through phosphates). More than 20 percent of global uranium mining now comes from the in situ recovery method, predominantly through In Situ Leach (ISL) mining in Ka... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/isr-uranium-mining-a-new-method-explained-141720.html 28th March 2007 Uranium Investment Profits-Go For The Glow Why consider uranium as a red hot or white hot investment? Or think of uranium investment for profit at all? Soaring demand for uranium, the worlds principal nuclear fuel-thats why. About one sixth of the world's electricity is already coming from 440... http://www.articlealley.com/http://michaelmadigan.articlealley.com/uranium-investment-profitsgo-for-the-glow-140296.html 27th March 2007 Domestic Uranium Industry to Mine 20 Million Pounds in 6 years, Part Two The Uranium Producers of America (UPA) was formed more than twenty years ago. Over the years, this trade association worked with Congress and state legislators to help improve the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle: uranium mining. Today, it has been re-... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/domestic-uranium-industry-to-mine-20-million-pounds-in-6-years-part-two-76826.html 25th July 2006 Part One: Two Uraniium Exploration Companies Slug It Out in Utah's Lisbon Valley After interviewing SXR Uranium One Chief Executive Neal Froneman, we realized it was important to cover developments in Utah, particularly in the Lisbon Valley. Each time Mr. Froneman talked about Wyoming, he nearly always included Utah in the same breath... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/part-one-two-uraniium--exploration-companies-slug-it-out-in-utahs-lisbon-valley-76140.html 25th July 2006 Part Two: Two Uranium Exploration Companies Slug It Out in Utah's Lisbon Valley Why are the Uranium Companies Exploring the Northeast Flank of the Fault? While the west side of the fault has been the most productive uranium mining ground, Rio Algom discovered a mineralized zone in 1972 on the "nose" of the northeast side of the ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/part-two-two-uranium-exploration-companies-slug-it-out-in-utahs-lisbon-valley-76139.html 25th July 2006 SXR Preference for Underground Uranium Mining: Problems Ahead? A Preference for Underground and Open Pit Another core competency is underground mining. "I think the majority of the deposits we are looking at are underground," Froneman explained. "There is some open pit potential. Of course, that is a skill that we... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/sxr-preference-for-underground-uranium-mining-problems-ahead-75536.html 24th July 2006 Part One: To Invest in Sweden's Uranium Exploration or Not? Uranium mining in Sweden is banned. After the next parliamentary elections, Sweden may reverse its phase out of nuclear energy. Will that give a boost to Sweden's uranium mining sector? Some Canadian exploration companies have already established a base t... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/part-one-to-invest-in-swedens-uranium-exploration-or-not-73127.html 17th July 2006 Part Three: To Invest in Sweden's Uranium Exploration or Not? Increased Uranium Exploration Activity At this time, uranium mining is banned in Sweden. Will that soon change? In November 2005, Platts carried a news item that the world's second largest uranium producer Cogema, a subsidiary of Areva, was spending ab... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/part-three-to-invest-in-swedens-uranium-exploration-or-not-73125.html 17th July 2006 Part One: Will Cameco Supply the Uranium for New Mexico's Proposed Enrichment Facility? Guess what? Our recent investigation shows the uranium to be enriched in the LES/Urenco proposed enrichment facility in Lea County, New Mexico may neither come from uranium properties in New Mexico nor anywhere else in the United States. Just as New Mexic... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/part-one-will-cameco-supply-the-uranium-for-new-mexicos-proposed-enrichment-facility-70161.html 05th July 2006 Part Two: Will Cameco Supply the Uranium for New Mexico's Proposed Enrichment Facility? This development could further irritate at least one New Mexico legislator. State representative John A. Heaton from Carlsbad, New Mexico, and who also sits on New Mexico's Energy and Natural Resource Committee, was adamant about U.S. independence from fo... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/part-two-will-cameco-supply-the-uranium-for-new-mexicos-proposed-enrichment-facility-70160.html 05th July 2006 Part Three - New Mexico Uranium: Who Are the Serious Players? General Atomics Meet the 800-pound gorilla. Not only is General Atomics in the front end of the nuclear cycle with a uranium mining subsidiary, it is a privately held company whose interests are widespread across the nuclear fuel cycle. GA is its acron... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/part-three--new-mexico-uranium-who-are-the-serious-players-68813.html 30th June 2006 Even Higher Uranium Prices Ahead This Summer, Part Four NUCLEAR EXPANSION: A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON Yuri Sokolov, Department Head of Nuclear Energy for the United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told reporters this past week, "There is plenty of uranium assuming the industry keeps moving a... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/even-higher-uranium-prices-ahead-this-summer-part-four-62465.html 12th June 2006 Kazakhstan Uranium: Risk Factors There are as many reasons to avoid investment in companies exploring for uranium in this country as there are benefits. The world's largest uranium producer, Cameco, hopes to someday mine 30 million pounds per year in Kazakhstan. The state-controlled KazA... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/kazakhstan-uranium-risk-factors-61632.html 08th June 2006 Niger Uranium: Reward Potential Named after the river which runs through it, Niger produces nearly four times the uranium currently mined in the United States. More uranium is mined in Niger than in Russia, South Africa, India, China, Brazil, Ukraine Namibia or Uzbekistan. In fact, if y... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/niger-uranium-reward-potential-61629.html 08th June 2006 Why Does a Company's Uranium Resource Calculations Double? Have you ever wondered how a uranium company's "resource calculation" can increase, sometimes even double? I did and I began making inquiries about this. In February, during a meeting, it was a topic of discussion with William Boberg, Chief Executive of U... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/why-does-a-companys-uranium-resource-calculations-double-51281.html 09th May 2006 Reversing Mother Nature, Part One Summary: We talked to North America's leading In Situ Leach (ISL) uranium mining engineers, and had them explain exactly how ISL worked. Most of the significant ISL operations in the United States were designed and/or constructed by these engineers. They ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/reversing-mother-nature-part-one-49159.html 01st May 2006 How Did ISL Uranium Mining Begin? According to the World Nuclear Association, 21 percent of the world's uranium production came about from ISL mining in 2004. We conducted interviews with some of the world's top ISL experts, including the father of ISL, to help you better understand how u... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/how-did-isl-uranium-mining-begin-46517.html 24th April 2006 Which Uranium Companies Are Leveraged for Increased Nuclear Energy Demand? Summary: Sprott Asset Management uranium expert Kevin Bambrough talked with us about the "second leg" of the current uranium bull market. Bambrough names his favorite uranium companies, where he believes there is still room for growth. StockInterview: ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/which-uranium-companies-are-leveraged-for-increased-nuclear-energy-demand-45877.html 20th April 2006 Exposed: The World's Best Kept Uranium Secret Perhaps the White House flap as to whether or not Saddam Hussein's government tried to buy uranium ore from the country of Niger was the best publicity Niger has had about its uranium production for more than two decades. How many geologists know that the... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/exposed-the-worlds-best-kept-uranium-secret-44644.html 16th April 2006 Utility Demand Should Continue Driving Uranium Prices Higher A recent news release issued by Uranium Resources (OTC BB: URRE), emphasizes the underlying stress this uranium bull market is creating for utilities. The company's appears to confirm that spot uranium prices should run much higher over, at least, the sho... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/utility-demand-should-continue-driving-uranium-prices-higher-44632.html 16th April 2006 Uranium Mining Revival in New Mexico through "Solution" Mining? "We've got to get quickly on a track to energy independence from foreign oil, and that means, among other things, going back to nuclear power," U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) recently told Fox News. U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) invited Louisiana Enrich... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/uranium-mining-revival-in-new-mexico-through-solution-mining-44595.html 16th April 2006 Are Environmentalists Lying About Cancer Statistics to Prevent Uranium Mining? It's pretty easy to frighten a person. Just tell someone he or she will get cancer from something. Bringing up increased cancer rates caused by what one does, e.g. what one eats, where one lives, what chemicals one ingests and so forth, may be great coffe... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/are-environmentalists-lying-about-cancer-statistics-to-prevent-uranium-mining-44588.html 16th April 2006 Strathmore Minerals' Quality Management Attracts BBC News In a March 19th Market Outlook, I wrote about my observation that it is the quality of management that attracts the Big Publicity. Mainstream publicity is what attracts a wider audience of investors and enhances a company's possibility of being taken over... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/strathmore-minerals-quality-management-attracts-bbc-news-42695.html 08th April 2006 Risks in Uranium Stock Investing: Africa Spot uranium prices continued on a tear, rising to $40.50/pound this past week, as the uranium supply squeeze of 2006 takes hold. One uranium mining insider told us there were now more than 450 uranium exploration, development and producing companies. Som... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/risks-in-uranium-stock-investing-africa-39010.html 28th March 2006 Wyoming's Uranium Mining Frenzy "Staking activity is up significantly," said Lynne Boomgaarden, Wyoming's Director for the Office of State Lands and Investments, referring to the number of claims filed for uranium development in her state. "We have really seen a significant increase sin... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/wyomings-uranium-mining-frenzy-34156.html 08th March 2006 Wyoming Politicians, Regulators Eager to Fast Track ISL Uranium Mining Operations While other states' politicians are wondering how to keep their voters employed, Wyoming's mining companies are scrambling to find workers for their projects. According to Matt Grant, Assistant Director of the Wyoming Mining Association, "The mining indus... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/wyoming-politicians-regulators-eager-to-fast-track-isl-uranium-mining-operations-33750.html 07th March 2006 Wyoming Governor to Uranium Miners: Bring Us Your Projects! "We're Ready: This State is in Play!" The New Face of Wyoming's Uranium Mining Part One of a Five-Part Series Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal really likes the current uranium bull market, "I hope the price of yellowcake stays up, and thi... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/wyoming-governor-to-uranium-miners-bring-us-your-projects-33515.html 06th March 2006 A Third Uranium Mine in Namibia? The excitement Paladin Resources Limited (TSE: PDN) has been quietly generating through the uranium mining sector puts African uranium mining squarely into the spotlight. The country of Namibia, bordering South Africa, Botswana, Angola and the South Atlan... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/a-third-uranium-mine-in-namibia-32772.html 05th March 2006 NRC Ruling in New Mexico Moves Environmentalists Continue to Lose Key Battles With Over 500 Million Pounds of New Mexican Uranium at Stake "The judge's decision was wrong," yelped environmental activist Chris Shuey into his cell phone, during a chat with StockInterview.com this p... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamesfinch.articlealley.com/nrc-ruling-in-new-mexico-moves-27233.html 02nd February 2006