Production resumes at Areva's Niger uranium mines. Production resumed Saturday at French nuclear giant Areva's two uranium mines in Niger, which had shut down for weeks for maintenance amid hard-fought negotiations over the firm's tax rate. "The machines are running and production resumed this morning," Salifou Chipkaou, secretary general of mining union SYNAMIN, told AFP by phone from the mining town of Arlit in northern Niger.
An Areva spokesman confirmed that operations had resumed at the two mines, Cominak and Somair. The shutdown came as Niger's government and the company, which is 80 percent owned by the French state, are holding tough talks over the future of uranium mining in the west African country, which is the world's fourth-largest uranium producer but is mired in poverty and ranks last on the United Nations' Human Development Index. The government wants to apply a 2006 mining law that ends tax breaks for foreign companies to Areva, which has thus far been exempt, but the firm is seeking to keep costs down. bh/jhb/gd. 'We need jobs:' NM senator favors controversial NM uranium mine. MINING CONTROVERSY: A proposed uranium ore mine is the center of debate in western New Mexico. By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog SANTA FE – A state senator tells New Mexico Watchdog he supports a proposed uranium mine, a controversial topic for debate along the rugged terrain of western New Mexico.
“We need jobs,” said the senator, Clemente Sanchez , D-Grants. “We’re losing people in our communities.” A joint venture by businesses in Japan and Canada — Roca Honda Resources — wants to become the first uranium ore mining operation in the state since 1998 , with plans to produce nearly 28 million pounds of uranium. Roca Honda officials say the operation would create 640 construction jobs and about 250 direct jobs in the mine. “Mining is done differently, and I think it’s safer,” said Sanchez.”But we still need to make sure we protect our water and the cultural properties … I think the mining people will respect that.” New Mexico Speaker of the House W. Colin Healey: Which Uranium Stocks Will Rise On A Supply Shortfall? With energy demand looking up in China and Japan, both coal and uranium are likely to experience an uptick. But which producers will move with prices? Colin Healey of Haywood Securities weighs in on some names that are leveraged to spot prices in this interview with The Energy Report, explaining why it's time for investors to get excited again.
The Energy Report: Colin, the Japanese government is predicting higher-than-expected GDP growth of 2.5% for 2013. As the world's second-largest importer of thermal coal, that should be good news for investors in that space. Are you buying Japan's optimism? Colin Healey: It's a positive for Japan, but the news isn't necessarily super bullish for thermal coal in a global context. TER: What's Haywood's thermal coal price forecast for 2013 versus 2012? CH: In January, we revised our forecast downward for Newcastle thermal coal, which is the basis for our baseline thermal coal product. TER: Japan is also a key market when it comes to uranium. Uranium mine in pipeline. A 20-year moratorium on new uranium mines on 1 million acres of federal lands near the Grand Canyon hasn't stopped a new claim from being filed. The reason: The mine is being proposed on state land, which is not covered in the withdrawal.
Two international mining and exploration companies propose to combine forces and drill for uranium just off the main road into Havasupai, between the trailhead into Supai and Hualapai land. Wate Mining Company, owned by Uranium One and Vane Minerals, has filed plans with the state to drill 1,600 feet deep for uranium on state land located 4 1/2 miles off Indian Route 18. It expects to mine ore over five to seven years and truck it to Blanding, Utah, for refinement into yellowcake and sale to utilities producing nuclear power. "We are in the process of getting a mineral lease and that process, the permitting, can take two years.
It could take longer," said Kris Hefton, of Wate Mining Company. "It's not very much water used," Hefton said. Bumper uranium year for Areva. 2012 saw French nuclear company Areva achieve record uranium production of 9760 tU, enabling the company to retain its place as the world's second-largest corporate uranium producer. The 9760 tU represents Areva's financially consolidated share from its mining interests around the world and is up from 9142 tU in 2011. The figure keeps the company in second place behind world leader Kazatomprom of Kazakhstan, with a 2012 production share of nearly 12,000 tU. According to a company press release, Areva's mining sites in Kazakhstan and Niger beat their all-time highs for the second consecutive year. Katco, a joint venture owned 51% by Areva and 49% by Kazatomprom, accounted for 3661 tU (53 tU more than in 2011) of Areva's total.
In Niger, Areva's 63%-owned subsidiary Somair contributed 3065 tU (339 tU up on 2011), while Cominak, in which Areva holds 34%, added 512 tU from a total mine output of 1506 tU. Researched and writtenby World Nuclear News. Uranium Industry Looks to Benefit as Japan Appears Ready to Embrace Nuclear Power Once Again. Moab, Utah, UMTRA, Project.
New Uranium Mining Projects - USA. (last updated 22 Apr 2014) Contents: Site Index > See also Issues for: Operating Mines · Decommissioning Projects · Legislation & Regulations> See also Data for: Deposits, Proposed and Active Mines · Old Mines and Decommissioning Map of Major U.S. Uranium Reserve Areas (DOE EIA)Map of Uranium Concentrations in soil Navajo demand halt to all new uranium mining on Navajo land Uranium-mining leaders and federal regulators poised to fuel a resurgent nuclear power industry gathered in Denver on Wednesday (May 26), vowing to do a better job of protecting the environment but drawing demonstrators nonetheless. Uranium Cafe in Grants, New Mexico > View Uranium Cafe in Google Streetview On May 14, 2010, the Uranium Café in Grants reopened as Nana's Café.
The Uranium Cafe, a Route 66 landmark in Grants, N.M., with a classic neon sign, closed about a month ago, according to a Grants/Cibola County Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman. Navajo council outlaws uranium mining > View details On Nov. 8, 2001, U.S. U.S. NSW uranium exploring immoral: opposition. Colorado, EPA, Cotter call timeout over uranium mill cleanup. Wrangling over cleanup of radioactive waste at one of Colorado’s worst environmental disasters grew so irksome this past spring that Gov. John Hickenlooper, the Environmental Protection Agency, Cot ...ufs Dpsq. boe Dbñpo Djuz sftjefout ibwf efdmbsfe b ujnfpvu. Uif pggjdjbm qvsqptf jt up sftfu uif xipmf qspdftt gps efbmjoh xjui Dpuufs’t gpsnfs vsbojvn njmm ofbs uif Bslbotbt Sjwfs. Uif FQB efqmpzfe b qsjwbuf gbdjmjubups up dsfbuf b ofx “spbe nbq” gps gjobmmz dpnqmfujoh b Tvqfsgvoe dmfbovq tubsufe jo 1984.
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The crowd that filled a ballroom at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel was bolstered by organizations fighting efforts to lift Virginia's 30-year moratorium on uranium mining. It was the first time folks in Hampton Roads have had a chance to ask questions about a National Academy of Sciences report on the subject, and those who spoke up seemed overwhelmingly in favor of keeping the ban. "Virginia is not a state to crack down on regulations," said Angela Barnes of Occupy Norfolk, commenting on the scientists' finding that there are best practices that could mitigate risk.
She earned applause and laughter from the crowd. "Best practices," she said, "are not going to happen here. " Uranium is used in nuclear power plants. Not everyone who attended was against lifting the ban. Park Service hydrologist disputed impacts from uranium mining. A press release from the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee today says a National Park Service hydrologist and others were at odds with the Interior Dept. over potential environmental impacts of uranium mining in northern Arizona [right, one million acres of federal land withdrawn from exploration and development shown hatched.
Credit, BLM] The release said: Internal emails obtained by the House Natural Resources Committee raise significant questions into the science used by the Obama Administration to justify a 20-year ban on uranium development on one million acres of federal land in Arizona. In the emails, scientists within the National Park Service discuss how the potential environmental impacts were “grossly overestimated” in the Administration’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and that the potential impacts are “very minor to negligible.” Addendum: Only a handful of emails were released by the House Committee. Environmental groups protest uranium mine | Sundance Times. By Sarah Pridgeon sarah@sundancetimes.com The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), along with the Powder River Basin Resource Council (PRBRC), has been granted permission to challenge Strata Energy’s proposed license for in-situ leach uranium mining in Crook County.
The decision from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was unanimous, based on votes from five commissioners. The two councils have been campaigning against Strata Energy’s plans to drill uranium at the proposed Ross project, less than 20 miles from the Devils Tower. “This is an important step in our fight to protect groundwater, land and other resources near Devils Tower,” says Geoff Fettus, senior project attorney for the NRDC nuclear program.
In-situ leach mining (ISR) extracts uranium by injecting a solution into a uranium-bearing rock formation in an underground aquifer. “There are some 4000 abandoned uranium mines scattered across the landscape of the West,” says Fettus. Uravan Signs $22 Million Uranium Exploration Agreement. Nuclear Fuels Reprocessing Coalition. The Durango Herald 04/22/2012 | Paying for toxic smelter? Two Durango women are poring over microfilm, writing letters and making telephone calls in search of evidence to tie the deaths of their husbands to the disposal of radioactive waste from Smelter Mountain a quarter of a century ago. Enlarge photo STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald Crystal Schmit, left, and Kim Nemecek hope to enlist the help of others who may have lost loved ones because of their involvement with the Smelter Mountain cleanup. Durango Herald file photo Front-end loaders shovel radioactive mill tailings in this April 1989 photo.
The on-the-ground phase of the Smelter Mountain remediation project started in November 1986. Kim Nemecek and Crystal Schmit are looking for medical records, hospital bills, newspaper articles, photos and old acquaintances to substantiate their claims for government compensation for people who became ill from working in the atomic-energy industry. The passage of time has obliterated leads, Nemecek and Schmit say. “They loved it,” Smith said. Slower Chinese growth puts breaks on WA-listed firms.
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies comprising the Deloitte WA Index decreased by 2.8% in April, mainly on the back of cooling economic growth in China. The market capitalisation for the companies on the index dropped to A$164.2-billion during April, as the outlook for commodities demand in China continued to deteriorate. China’s first-quarter results showed lower-than-anticipated growth of 8.1%, the weakest result in almost three years. This decrease was in addition to the delisting of uranium miner Extract Resource following an A$2.2-billion takeover from Taurus Mineral, a subsidiary of Chinese State-owned Guandong Nuclear Power Group.
“The Australian market has been awaiting the much anticipated RBA rate cut, with the announcement on Tuesday to lower the cash rate by 50 basis points expected to help boost consumer confidence and business sentiment, as well as allowing Australian exporters to remain competitive,” he said. News Extra - Experts debate the controversy over uranium mining in Virginia. The debate over uranium mining in Virginia came to UVA last week, as Southern Environmental Law Center attorney Cale Jaffe joined Virginia Uranium Inc. project manager Patrick Wales as part of the Batten School’s Energy Policy Forum.
For two hours on Friday, Jaffe and Wales tackled the thorny issue of mining uranium in southern Virginia, and fielded questions from students, faculty, and members of the community. According to Uranium Virginia, Coles Hill farm in Pittsylvania County is home to the largest uranium deposit in the U.S., and one of the largest in the world. It was discovered in 1978, but has remained untouched due to a 30-year statewide ban on uranium mining. The SELC is at the forefront of the effort to keep the ban in tact and is one of 16 groups in the statewide Keep the Ban Coalition, but Virginia Uranium announced in 2007 it plans to exploit the deposit. Jaffe said the controversy over uranium is about waste management.
“Do we need this stuff?” Halt uranium mine that will poison Navajo water. Lakota, Navajo, Supai to UN Rapporteur: Halt genocide and eco-cide of the people and earth. By Brenda Norrell Photo credits: Arizona Forgotten People; South Dakota Vi Waln Native Americans in Arizona and South Dakota delivered powerful testimony on the destruction of their homelands by uranium mining, coal fired power plants and oil and gas drilling, during sessions with UN Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya. Debra White Plume, Lakota, delivering testimony at Sinte Gleska University, on Sicangu Lakota Nation , Rosebud, South Dakota, May 1 -- 2, said it is time to halt the eco-cide of Mother Earth. During testimony in Tucson last week, April 26 -- 27, Navajos from Black Mesa described the corporate crimes of Peabody Coal, Arizona senators and non-Indian attorneys that have led to the relocation of Navajos, coal mining on Black Mesa, and the continuance of some of the dirtiest coal fired power plants in the US on Navajoland. n South Dakota, White Plume, Lakota, said, “Mr.
“There are uranium, oil, and gas corporations here now, and more want to come. Crosshair Outlines Resource Expansion Program for Juniper Ridge. 'Citizen-expert' cautions against uranium mining - Martinsville Bulletin. Thursday, May 3, 2012 By PAUL COLLINS - Bulletin Staff Writer A “citizen-expert” on uranium mining and milling (processing) in the western United States on Wednesday discussed many environmental concerns she has about the industry. Sarah Fields said those issues would be made worse by Virginia’s wet climate if uranium mining and milling are allowed in the commonwealth. She also raised health issues and concerns about the government regulatory system. Vast weapons test site set for mining. Boulder researcher looking for radioactive dust. Lakota people urge protection of sovereignty and treaty rights during UN visit.
New high-grade uranium mine granted 10-year lease. Nuclear expansion to create jobs in construction, uranium mining. Global uranium demand expected to skyrocket. Www.miningreview.com | Chinese now own 80% of Husab. Global Warming Has Mining Companies Turning Their Attention to Greenland. China eyes Canadian uranium mines. Here is your short article on Radioactive Pollution. 'NGO's radiation data inaccurate' - General. Namibia: Rössing Uranium Nervous About Iran Sanctions.
Film shows impact of uranium mining on Navajo land | GJFreePress.com. China National Nuclear in Talks With Areva on Uranium Stakes.