Posts Tagged ‘mining’

ERA reports falls in uranium production

January 14th, 2010

The latest production report from uranium miner Energy Resources Australia (ERA) has shown that the company’s production fell 30% when compared to the same period last year.
Darwin-based ERA produced 1,140 tonnes of uranium oxide in the December 2009 quarter, which also represents a 19% drop from the September quarter.
Much of the decline was attributed to [...]

Investorideas.com New Mining Newswire and Water Newswire Move up to top ten content pages

November 16th, 2009

Investorideas.com Expands IR and Investor Tools for Mining Stocks, Renewable Energy Stocks and Water Stocks with Newswires in Each Sector
Investorideas.com New Mining Newswire and Water Newswire Move up to top ten content pages
DELTA, BC ? November 15, 2009, www.InvestorIdeas.com has expanded its tools and services for investors, public companies and entrepreneurs with recently created newswires [...]

Monaro Mining Announces 250% Increase In Uranium Resource Inventory At Rio Puerco Deposit, New Mexico, US

October 19th, 2009

Monaro Mining NL (Monaro Mining) has announced the detailed independent re-evaluation of Rio Puerco mine in US data-set has resulted in a significant increase in the project’s uranium resource inventory. This work, which was initiated to update the previous estimate (4.5 million pounds at 0.12% U3O8) to comply with current JORC requirements, has seen [...]

Uranium Mine Threatens Grand Canyon’s Endangered Species, Meets With Legal Challenge

September 9th, 2009

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Grand Canyon Trust, and Sierra Club today filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the Bureau of Land Management over Endangered Species Act violations connected to Grand Canyon uranium mining. The Bureau has failed to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on [...]

Patriot Coal Announces Closing of Central Appalachia Mine

August 5th, 2009

Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) today announced the closing of the Samples surface mine located in southern West Virginia. Patriot’s affiliate, Catenary Coal Company, in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (”WARN”), advised employees that their employment at the Samples mine will be terminated effective October 5, 2009. The mine has [...]

Bonanza Oil & Gas Announces Updates on Apclark Project

June 30th, 2009

-Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTCBB:BGOI - News), an independent oil and gas company, is pleased to provide an update on its Apclark project located in Borden County, TX.
Westerly Exploration, operator for the Apclark Field, moved on location June 12, 2008 for the Jackson #1. The well was prepared for a re-stimulation of producing zones [...]

Uranium mill project makes headway

May 31st, 2009

Advisory commission, county planning director recommend approval
By D. Dion
Editor, Norwood Post
The approximately 250 people who filled the Nucla High School gym last week were there to witness a different kind of rivalry than the basketball games that usually inhabit the venue. Instead, they came to debate the proposed uranium mill in Paradox Valley, a project [...]

Group weighing in on rules for uranium mining

May 27th, 2009

Local representatives of Clean Water Action are expected to be on hand today as the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety holds its first stakeholders meeting on new rules for uranium mining.
The rule-making process is mandated by legislation passed by the Colorado General Assembly in 2008. Also passed that year was a bill requiring [...]

Ontario cottage owners want moratorium on uranium mining

April 29th, 2009

Property owners in Haliburton and Muskoka are pressing the Ontario government to ban uranium exploration and mining in cottage country.
They say they’re concerned their health, peace and tranquillity will be compromised by prospecting and exploration.
Prospectors looking for uranium have staked claims to 3,600 hectares of land in the area.
Suzanne Lauten has a cottage on Gull [...]

Uranium, energy big issues at forum

April 29th, 2009

By John Crane
Published: April 28, 2009
Approximately 200 people turned out Tuesday to hear the three contenders for the Democratic nomination for governor — Creigh Deeds, Brian Moran and Terry McAuliffe — in a forum at the Institute for Advanced Learning & Research.
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia and the Danville [...]