Uranerz Receives Air Quality Permit for ISR Mine Construction

Uranerz Energy Corporation announce that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (“WDEQ”) – Air Quality Division has approved and issued the air quality permit for the Company’s Nichols Ranch ISR Uranium Project. The WDEQ – Air Quality Division has issued Permit No. CT-8644 in the form of a Permit to Construct the Nichols Ranch Uranium ISR Project which includes... 

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Uranium One Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Christensen Ranch and Irigaray in Wyoming

Uranium One Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the MALCO Joint Venture (“MALCO”) from wholly-owned subsidiaries of AREVA and EDF for US$ 35 million in cash. The assets of MALCO include the licensed and permitted Irigaray ISR central processing plant, the Christensen Ranch satellite ISR facility and associated U(3)O(8) resources located in... 

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Uranium Resources, Inc. Provides Update on Churchrock Project

Uranium Resources, Inc., announced that it plans to file today a petition with the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals for an en banc review regarding its ruling on April 17, 2009 that determined URI’s Section 8 in Churchrock, New Mexico is Indian Country and, therefore, comes under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for the issuance of an Underground Injection Control... 

Uranerz ISR Mining License Application Accepted for Detailed Review by Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

Uranerz Energy Corporation announce that the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (“WDEQ”) has deemed the Company’s application to build and operate an in-situ recovery (“ISR”) uranium mine “complete” and the WDEQ review process can now move to the next stage. The next stage includes a detailed technical and environmental review of the application and... 

Powertech Uranium Corp.: Dewey-Burdock Project Mine Permit Application Status

POWERTECH URANIUM CORP. announce that activities associated with its mine permit application for the Dewey-Burdock Project, in Fall River and Custer counties, South Dakota, are advancing on schedule. A new uranium exploration permit application for 30 additional drill holes was submitted to the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (SD DENR). The purpose of this new drill program... 

Strathmore Continues to Develop Uranium Mill Design For its Projects in Northwest New Mexico

Strathmore Minerals Corp. is pleased to update progress on its uranium mill and tailings design and studies being carried out by the Company for its uranium projects in northwestern New Mexico. The Company and its Joint Venture partner, Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, have made considerable progress in the evaluation of designing and identifying the optimal location of a regional uranium mill and tailings... 

Nebraska Tribe Fights Uranium Miners

Ogala Sioux got a lift from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission who ruled in late April that the tribe had legitimate concerns about groundwater contamination from a uranium mine, reports Indian Country Today. The mine owners, Cameco Corp. of Canada wants to expand the mine. The tribe believes that fractures in rock allow water used in mining to mix with drinking water resulting in higher cancer... 

EnergySolutions Increases Lobbying Efforts

A Utah company seeking federal permission to import and dispose of more than 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy has raised its campaign contributions to U.S. lawmakers by hundreds of thousands of dollars. Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions Inc. is donating to members of key energy committees in Congress as it increasingly seeks lucrative federal contracts and legislation beneficial to the nuclear... 

State Senate Backs Tax Breaks for Idaho Uranium Plant

The Senate has passed a pair of big tax breaks meant to help lure a proposed new $2 billion uranium enrichment complex to a site near the Idaho National Laboratory outside Idaho Falls. Lawmakers voted 27 to 7 on Monday to extend a sales tax exemption for production equipment that handles nuclear fuel. They also voted 23 to 11 to cap property tax valuations at the plant to $400 million if Areva Inc.... 

State Senate Backs Tax Breaks for Idaho Uranium Plant

The Senate has passed a pair of big tax breaks meant to help lure a proposed new $2 billion uranium enrichment complex to a site near the Idaho National Laboratory outside Idaho Falls. Lawmakers voted 27 to 7 on Monday to extend a sales tax exemption for production equipment that handles nuclear fuel. They also voted 23 to 11 to cap property tax valuations at the plant to $400 million if Areva Inc....