For decades, families in communities around Johannesburg have been living close to huge gold mining waste dumps. For many residents the dust that is released there is just part of everyday life – but ...

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Not that anyone asked, but uranium enrichment is certainly a newsworthy topic where a little science might be helpful. Here's how it's done. Plus, at no extra charge and for no good reason, a ...

Uranium mining in Canada accounts for 13 percent of global output, making the Great White North the second largest producer of uranium in the world, behind only Kazakhstan. Canada hosts 9 percent of ...

Global uranium requirements are expected to rise to 86,000 tons by 2030 and 150,000 tons by 2040, all of which will need to be fed by future mined supply. Read more here.

Energy Fuels' Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona produces a record 151,400 pounds of U3O8 contained in ore for the month of April; Underground drill program identifies large areas of uranium mineralization ...

The proposed mine is in the southwestern section of Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, in what is known as the Arrow Deposit.