Uranium

FNB Namibia says uranium prices will be the primary driver of mining activity in Namibia starting in 2024. Ruusa Nandago says the Langer Heinrich Uranium mine will end the care...

Geologist Dr Roy Miller said Headspring Investments proposed drilling for uranium in the Leonardville area in the Omaheke region could contaminate the underground water. Dr Miller presented his findings on...

Namibia's mines ministry has renewed Madison Metals' EPL 7011 near the Rössing Uranium Mine in the Namib Desert. Madison's subsidiary, PennyWort Investments (Pty), holds the rights to EPL 7011 in...

Elevate Uranium has announced an updated Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 48 Mlb eU3O8 for its Koppies Uranium Project in Namibia. Koppies is one of Elevate Uranium's five Namibian properties,...

The General Mining Union Corporation Limited (Gencor) discovered the uranium deposit in the Langer Heinrich Mountains in 1973. Gencor was a merger between the General Mining and Finance Corporation and...

Nine years after its formation in Australia in 1999, Extract Resources Ltd discovered what would become the world's third-largest open-pit uranium mine in Namibia. The Canadian company Kalahari Minerals held...

  Key Dates: 1873: The Rio Tinto Company (RTC) is launched. 1898: Hugh Matheson, the first chairman of the RTC, dies, after serving 25 years, laying the foundation for future...

The Russian-state-owned Uranium One's Namibian subsidiary, Headspring Investment, can now build a field laboratory in the Omaheke region. The company says the environment ministry granted it a clearance certificate on...

Uranium prices had remained low for over a decade following Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in 2011, which sparked a sharp decline in the demand for nuclear energy....

  The Trekkopje Uranium Mine project has been under care and maintenance for about 10 years. The mine is about 80km from the coastal town of Swakopmund. Although the area...