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• 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

• Cameco tackles Cigar Lake flooding again

  Cameco has resumed pumping out water from its partially-flooded Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, but says that it may take up to a year to fully dewater and secure the mine. Posted Oct 26 2009, 11:58 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Cameco, Canada, Cigar Lake, Saskatchewan, mine, dewater

• Port Hope restarts production

  Uranium hexafluoride production has resumed at Cameco's Port Hope conversion plant, after almost two years of near-continuous interruptions to operations. Posted Jun 18 2009, 10:26 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Cameco, Uranium hexafluoride

• Cameco raises equity

  Canada's Cameco Corp reported that it had raised some C$460 million ($360 million) through the completion of a public offering. Meanwhile, remediation of the Cigar Lake uranium mine continues. Posted Mar 06 2009, 10:49 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Cameco, Canada

• Cameco to rename its Zircatec subsidiary

  Cameco plans to change the name of its Zircatec Precision Industries subsidiary to Cameco Fuel Manufacturing. The Canadian nuclear regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), has approved an amendment of Zircatec's operating licence for its nuclear fuel facility to reflect the name change. Cameco acquired Zircatec for C$108 million ($93 million) in early 2006. Zircatec's primary business is manufacturing natural uranium dioxide (UO 2 ) fuel bundles for Candu reactors. It operates a licensed fuel manufacturing facility at Port Hope, Ontario, and a specialty metal fabrication plant at nearby Cobourg. Zircatec has the capacity to produce 1200 tonnes of uranium annually as finished fuel. The name change of Zircatec is a continuation of a rebranding program of its subsidiaries to reflect the Cameco name. In late 2007, Cameco announced that its US subsidiaries - Power Resources and Crow Butte Resources - would now operate under the name Cameco Resources. Posted Dec 10 2008, 11:29 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Cameco

• Cameco suspends UF6 production

  Cameco has announced that it has suspended production at its uranium hexafluoride (UF 6 ) plant in Port Hope, Ontario, until the second half of 2009. A dispute with a supplier has led to a lack of hydrofluoric acid (HF) feed stock. Posted Nov 28 2008, 10:40 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Cameco

• Uranium companies weathering the storm

  Cameco has revised its 2008 uranium production forecasts, and First Uranium has announced a delay in commissioning the uranium plant at Ezulwini, but both companies' third quarter reports suggest that, although not immune to uncertainty in world financial markets, they feel well placed to weather the storm. Posted Nov 13 2008, 11:36 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Cameco

• Mill shortcomings affect Cameco forecast

  Uranium output forecasts from Cameco's McArthur River/Key Lake operations for 2008 have been updated by the company to reflect the unexpected impact of a maintenance outage at the Key Lake mill. The mill, which processes ore from the McArthur River mine, took longer than anticipated to restart after a planned maintenance shutdown in August because of "equipment challenges". According to Cameco, its share of uranium production from the mill is likely to be up to 0.8 million pounds U 3 O 8 (308 tU) less than its forecast 13.1 million pounds U 3 O 8 (5039 tU) for the year. The company says that equipment upgrades to resolve the problems at the mill should help to improve future performance, and 2009 output forecasts remain unchanged. McArthur River/Key Lake is 70% owned by Cameco, with the remaining 30% owned by Areva Resources Inc. Posted Sep 18 2008, 09:06 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Cameco

• Port Hope set to restart UF6 production

  Cameco is preparing to resume operations at its uranium hexafluoride (UF 6 ) production plant in Port Hope, Ontario, which has been idle for over a year since a leak was discovered there. Posted Sep 17 2008, 11:52 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Cameco

• Cameco digs into exploration in Niger

  Canadian uranium giant Cameco has taken a stake in a company exploring for the mineral in Niger, marking its first foray in the country. The strategic alliance could see Cameco invest up to $212 million. Posted Aug 26 2008, 11:31 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Cameco, Nigeria

• Remediation work at Cigar Lake suspended

  Cameco Corp announced that it has temporarily suspended remediation work at the No.1 shaft at its Cigar Lake uranium project, which flooded in 2006, due to an increase in the rate of water inflow to the mine. Posted Aug 13 2008, 08:41 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Cameco, Cigar Lake

• Iraqi uranium removed to Canada

  Uranium from Saddam Hussein's former weapons program has been removed from Iraq for ultimate use in civilian power generation. Cameco will process the material for sale alongside its other stocks. Posted Jul 08 2008, 11:25 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Cameco, Canada

• Pumping next week at Cigar Lake

  Cameco is to begin pumping water from the flooded Cigar Lake mine next week. The uranium mine, which should be the biggest in the world when it enters operation, was flooded by a rockfall in October 2006. Posted Jun 30 2008, 11:55 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Cameco, Cigar Lake

• Cameco completes GLE's front end loop

  Uranium producer Cameco has joined the Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) venture, promising tie-ins across the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle. Together, the stakeholders in GLE have uranium mining, conversion enrichment and fuel fabrication business units. Posted Jun 20 2008, 11:46 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Cameco, Global Laser Enrichment

• Next step towards Kazakh conversion plant

  Canada's Cameco Corporation and Kazatomprom of Kazakhstan have announced the formation of a new joint-owned company, Ulba Conversion LLP, to move forward with development work on a 12,000 t uranium hexafluoride conversion facility in Kazakhstan. Posted Jun 04 2008, 08:42 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Cameco