World Nuclear News

Browse by Tags

• Africa
• Ausenco
• BHP Billiton
• Cameco
• China
• commodity
• copper
• cost
• dam
• demand
• Energy Resources of Australia
• estimate
• exploration
• extration
• forecast
• fuel
• haulage
• India
• Japan
• mine
• mines
• mining
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• negotiations
• Nuclear Energy
• Olympic Dam
• PhosEnergy
• Politics and Nuclear Power
• price
• production
• ranger uranium
• review
• rossing south
• south australia
• Spain
• Uranium
• uraniumium

• Trading boost for Ranger uranium

  Last year's operations produced over 5200 tonnes of uranium oxide at the Ranger mine, while owner Energy Resources of Australia secured average price of over $50 per pound. Posted Jan 13 2010, 10:20 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, Energy Resources of Australia, commodity, ranger uranium, price

• Cameco buys into PhosEnergy technology

  Australia's Uranium Equities has announced that Canada's Cameco is to partner it in the continued development and commercialization of the PhosEnergy process for extracting uranium from phosphates. Posted Nov 10 2009, 11:15 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, Cameco, mining, extration, PhosEnergy

• BHP Billiton updates on Olympic Dam repairs

  BHP Billiton reported that "repair work to damaged equipment is well advanced" at the Clark shaft of its Olympic Dam underground copper and uranium mine in South Australia. The ore haulage system in the main shaft of the mine was damaged in an incident in early October. BHP Billiton said that the haulage system's winder has now been removed and will shortly be sent for repairs. It also said that temporary equipment will be commissioned on 18 November that will allow repair work to commence inside the Clark shaft. The company noted that ore production is continuing via the secondary Whenan shaft, which is hoisting about 25% of production, and trials are beginning soon on trucking some ore to the surface via the existing decline. BHP Billiton said that the temporary closure of the Clark shaft has enabled the company to bring forward "significant maintenance work" originally scheduled for 2010, including a major smelter reline. The rescheduled maintenance work is set to begin on 16 November and run until mid-January. The company said that it still expects Olympic Dam to return to full production no later than by the end of March 2010. Posted Nov 09 2009, 09:29 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, BHP Billiton, production, mining, mine, Olympic Dam, uraniumium

• Paladin expanding African U projects again

  Australian-based Paladin Energy has announced expansion plans for both its Langer Heinrich and Kayelekera uranium mines, but has revised its 2010 production forecasts downwards. Posted Oct 29 2009, 11:58 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, Africa, forecast, production, demand, mines

• Chinese companies upping uranium stakes

  Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board has approved two separate investments by Chinese companies in Australian uranium exploration companies. Posted Oct 29 2009, 11:39 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, China, Uranium, mining, negotiations, review, exploration

• Olympic Dam output impacted by incident

  BHP Billiton expects copper and uranium production at its Olympic Dam underground mine in South Australia to be significantly reduced for at least four to six months while the damaged ore haulage system in the main shaft is repaired. Posted Oct 21 2009, 08:09 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, BHP Billiton, haulage, dam, copper, south australia

• Olympic Dam reserves upped by 22%

  BHP Billiton has announced significantly increased uranium ore reserves for its Olympic Dam mine in Australia due to additional mineralisation being reclassified as a result of ongoing drilling. Economic reserves are now put at 347,500 tonnes U 3 O 8 . Posted Sep 24 2009, 09:56 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, BHP Billiton, fuel, mine, Olympic Dam

• Cost estimate for Rössing South

  Australia's Extract Resources has issued a preliminary capital and operating cost estimate for developing the Rössing South uranium project in Namibia. The estimate shows that Rössing South could support a long-life, low-cost mine. Posted Aug 04 2009, 11:43 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, mine, estimate, rossing south, cost

• Garrett gives Four Mile the go-ahead

  Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett has formally approved the new Four Mile uranium mine in South Australia, saying it poses no environmental risks. As a former anti-uranium protestor, the minister did not take the decision lightly. Posted Jul 14 2009, 12:26 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, mine

• Extract upgrades Rössing South resources

  Australia's Extract Resources has upgraded the uranium resource estimate at Zone 1 of its Rössing South deposit in Namibia by 34% from its previous estimate. An initial resource estimate for Zone 2 is expected next month. Posted Jul 02 2009, 11:31 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, mine

• Major resource upgrade for Australian mine

  The Beverley Four Mile uranium project in South Australia has nearly doubled its known resources as it approaches start up in seven months. Posted Jun 29 2009, 10:12 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, mine

• New leach project at Ranger

  Energy Resources of Australia has applied to the Australian and Northern Territory governments for approval to establish a heap leach operation at its Ranger uranium mine. Posted Mar 19 2009, 11:22 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, mining

• Japanese take a stake in Western Australia project

  Canada's Mega Uranium is proposing to sell 35% of the Lake Maitland project in Western Australia to a consortium of Japanese companies, including utilities Kansai, Kyushu and Shikoku Electric Power Co, as well as trading company Itochu. Posted Mar 02 2009, 11:40 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, Japan

• Australian uranium production down 2% in 2008

  Production in 2008 from Australia's three uranium mines totalled 9941 tonnes U 3 O 8 (8430 tU), 2% lower than the 10,145 tonnes U 3 O 8 (8603 tU) produced in 2007. Energy Resources Australia (ERA) reported that output at its Ranger mine in Northern Territory was 5339 tonnes U 3 O 8 (4527 tU), compared with production of 5412 tonnes U 3 O 8 (4589 tU) in 2007. Uranium production at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam operation in South Australia in 2008 totalled 3943 tonnes U 3 O 8 (3978 t UOC, 3344 tU), up from output of 3985 tonnes U 3 O 8 (3379 tU) in 2007. Meanwhile, Heathgate's Beverley in-situ leach (ISL) mine, also in South Australia, produced 659 tonnes U 3 O 8 (559 tU) in 2008, down from the 748 tonnes U 3 O 8 (634 tU) in 2007. Posted Feb 02 2009, 10:27 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium, Politics and Nuclear Power

• Malawi uranium project nears start-up

  Australia's Paladin Energy is on schedule to begin commissioning of its Kayelekera uranium project in Malawi in January, with production ramp-up scheduled later within the first quarter of 2009. Posted Jan 22 2009, 11:54 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Australia, Uranium