Orano has announced it is lodging a second arbitration procedure against the State of Niger following its loss of operational control of SOMAÏR, the operator of the Arlit uranium mine.
After terminating the arrangement that would have seen IsoEnergy acquire the owner of the Shootaring Canyon mill in Utah, Vancouver-based Anfield Energy has closed a CAD15 million (USD10.4 million) equity financing and said it intends to list in the USA.
The agreement between the Orano Group and the Mongolian government for the development and operation of the Zuuvch Ovoo uranium mine has been signed at a ceremony in Ulaanbaatar.
Kazakhstan's national atomic company has announced an updated development strategy for the next 10 years, saying it remains committed to "Value over Volume".
Heathgate Resources affiliate Grants Energy is eyeing uranium production from the Grants Precision ISR project, 20 miles from the community of Grants, in the early 2030s.
Sweden should remove its prohibition on uranium mining to allow it to be exploited like other natural resources regulated under the Minerals Act, a government inquiry has concluded.
Production operations at the Lance project have officially commenced after a five-year hiatus, with the first dry yellowcake product expected in March.
The Kazakh national atomic company's Russian partner Uranium One Group JSC has sold its share in the Zarechnoye joint venture to a subsidiary of China's State Nuclear Uranium Resources Development Co. Kazatomprom also expects Chinese beneficiaries to assume interests from Uranium One in two other joint ventures.
The Vancouver-based company is seeking arbitration on the basis that the State of Niger breached its legal obligations when it withdrew the company's mining permit for the Madouela uranium project earlier this year.
Nigerien authorities have taken operational control of SOMAÏR, Orano has confirmed, saying decisions taken at the board meetings of the company which operates the Arlit mine are no longer being applied.