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(Gillette News Record, July 31) – The axiom that slow and steady wins the race may have first been uttered by a uranium miner. After five years of planning, permitting and cajoling various federal agencies, the proposed 6,000-acre Reno Creek Uranium Project is one hurdle away from production. That was part of the news Colorado-based […]

(Wyoming Business Report, July 31) – Ur-Energy, which has a uranium mine near Jeffrey City has finally entered the spot market after having avoided the avenue for roughly the first 18 months of production from the mine. The company, based in Littleton, Colorado, opened the Lost Creek Mine in 2013 and sold its first shipment […]

(County 10, May 3) – U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis, Chairman of Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on the Interior, held a hearing recently to investigate the Department of Energy’s (DOE) uranium sales used to fund the cleanup of federal nuclear enrichment sites. In a news release, her office criticized the Government Accountability Office and the […]

(Douglas Budget, March 30) – Wyoming producers in 2014 were responsible for two-thirds of U.S. uranium production of nearly 5 million pounds, the most since 1997.  Production in the state has been on the rise the last few years as new mines have begun operations here. Processing 3.3 million pounds of yellowcake last year, Wyoming […]

(World Nuclear News, February 25) – Nineteen new wells have been added to Uranerz’s Nichols Ranch in situ leach uranium project and work is under way to develop a fifth header house and associated wellfield at the Wyoming site. The 19 new injection and recovery wells at the number 4 header house are already in […]

(Canadian Press, February 6) – Cameco has reported a double-digit increase in fourth-quarter profits despite a nine per cent drop in revenue. The Saskatchewan-based uranium producer says net income attributable to shareholders in the three months ended Dec. 31 was $73 million or 18 cents per share. That was up from $64 million or 16 […]

(Casper Star Tribune, January 7) – The new firm will bear Energy Fuels’ name, though the companies said Uranerz management team would be retained to oversee operations in Wyoming. The new firm will bear Energy Fuels’ name, though the companies said Uranerz management team would be retained to oversee operations in Wyoming. Under the agreement, […]

(Casper Star Tribune, December 4) – We think $4 million is a small price to pay to simultaneously make government more efficient and give a big boost to a Wyoming industry and employer facing tough times. We’re referring to the cost of shifting the permitting of uranium projects from the feds to the state government — […]

(Casper Star Tribune, December 1) – A brief surge in uranium prices earlier this month offered a glimmer of hope to Wyoming’s long-suffering yellowcake miners, but a subsequent plunge illustrated the lingering uncertainty facing the sector. The price roller coaster follows a dismal summer for the state’s uranium producers, which saw prices plunge below $30 per […]

(Wyoming Public Media, November 25) – Wyoming’s uranium industry moved closer to its goal of being regulated by the state instead of the federal government today/Monday. The Legislature’s Joint Minerals Committee voted to introduce a bill that would allow the Department of Environmental Quality to take over from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Transferring the […]