International Business News - Uranium http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A state commission approved a study Thursday to examine the impact of mining a rich uranium ore deposit in Virginia believed to be the largest untapped trove of uranium in North America. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/virginia-commission-oks-study-of-uranium-mining.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:07:38 EST An environmental group is challenging claims that a rebirth of the uranium mining industry in western New Mexico would return thousands of jobs and billions of dollars to a region still hurting from the collapse of the last uranium boom. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/economics-of-new-mexicos-uranium-mining-debated.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:55:52 EST Enough processed uranium to make six nuclear weapons was secretly transported thousands of miles by truck, rail and ship on a monthlong trip from a research reactor in Budapest, Hungary, to a facility in Russia so it could be more closely protected against theft, U.S. officials revealed Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/official-describes-secret-uranium-shipment.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:08:46 EDT A small eastern Idaho company aiming to build a $55 million plant in the West to extract industrial gases from depleted uranium has narrowed its search to four sites, including two in Idaho. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/id-firm-narrows-search-for-uranium-gas-plant-site.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:40:50 EDT Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday he will carefully consider a parliamentary report recommending that Australia not move ahead with an agreement to sell uranium to Russia, in part because of the war in Georgia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/australian-committee-opposes-russian-uranium-sales.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:16:07 EDT With energy companies clamoring to produce more uranium, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal is urging federal regulators not to delay release of an environmental study on an increasingly popular, and controversial, method of mining the radioactive element. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/wyoming-governor-pushes-for-uranium-study-release.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:19:19 EDT Police arrested five people in India's remote northeast for allegedly stealing what is believed to be uranium ore, an official said Wednesday, just days after India won a crucial endorsement from nations that supply nuclear material and technology. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/police-arrest-5-for-uranium-ore-theft-in-india.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:05:44 EDT Russia has warned that both the Russian and Australian economies will suffer if Canberra carries out a threat to withhold uranium sales to Moscow because of the conflict in Georgia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/russia-warns-australia-on-halting-uranium-sales.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:51:23 EDT Cattleman George Glasier sees the next nuclear era amid the blood-orange mesas of the Paradox Valley, the same western range lands that hold a darker legacy from the last rush to pull uranium from the ground. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/uranium-in-paradox-valley.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:39:53 EDT Energy Resources said Friday it expected this year to be the first Australian miner to export uranium to China--more than two years after the government lifted a ban on such sales of the nuclear fuel. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/australia-era-to-export-uranium-to-china.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:24:12 EDT Opponents of a request for expanded uranium mining near the South Dakota-Nebraska border have prompted a hearing Wednesday before an arm of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/nuke-panel-takes-input-on-uranium-expansion.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:50 EDT Federal regulators will determine in the next month what kind of fine Westinghouse Electric Co. might face for losing 16 small containers of low-grade uranium from the company's commercial nuclear fuel plant in Columbia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/westinghouse-plant-may-be-fined-for-lost-uranium.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:47:13 EDT An Australian company has started exploratory drilling for uranium in southwest North Dakota, the first search for the radioactive element in the state in three decades. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/exploratory-drilling-for-uranium-under-way-in-nd.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:28 EDT An international company has been contracted to help the state Mining and Minerals Division with the cleanup of abandoned uranium mines around New Mexico. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/nm-hires-company-to-help-with-uranium-cleanup.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:27:15 EDT Mining company Uranium Resources Inc. said Thursday said it backed out of a deal to buy uranium mining company Rio Algom Mining LLC because "current market conditions" prevented it from obtaining financing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/uranium-resources-terminates-plan-to-buy-rio-algom.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:52:53 EDT A Canadian uranium producer has joined a GE joint venture that aims to enrich the radioactive metal for nuclear power plants, the companies said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/ge-hitachi-forms-uranium-enrichment-partnership.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:44:21 EDT A mining firm seeks a permit for exploratory drilling for uranium on private land about 12 miles northeast of Grants. Uranium Resources Inc. applied for a permit with the state Mining and Minerals Division. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/uranium-resources-wants-exploration-permit-in-n-m.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:58:39 EDT Uranium Resources Inc., which develops and mines uranium properties to make nuclear energy, on Monday reported a delay in the startup of a South Texas project. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/uranium-resources-reports-startup-delay-in-texas.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:38:44 EDT Uranium declined on Tuesday following an increase in production from Australia and Kazakhstan, two of the world's largest producers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080129/uranium-prices.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:39:40 EST