First Uranium gets offers for assets Business Day | ALLAN SECCOMBE | FIRST Uranium shares shot up yesterday on news that it had received proposals from "third parties" to buy its loss-making Ezulwini gold and uranium mine as well as its Mine Waste Solutions tailings treatment subsidiary, which, if s...
Geophysical surveys could be detecting uranium Australian Broadcasting Corporation Mining companies might already know where to find uranium in NSW. | Geophysical surveys used by exploration companies in the state to identify mineral deposits, can also pick up uranium. | This is despite a ban on uranium exploration in the state for...
Uranium mines could be a ticket to golden times The Daily Telegraph Australia | REPORTS a high school dropout is making $200,000 a year in a West Australian mine had The Wall Street Journal readers agog. | Hundreds wrote to the New York-based paper late last year asking how they could share in Australia's modern-day gold rush ...
First Uranium may sell core assets to pay off debt Mining Weekly | JOHANNESURG (miningweekly.com) – TSX- and JSE-listed First Uranium is in negotiations to sell “principal assets” to help redeem debt due later this year, the uranium and gold miner said on Wednesday. | First Uranium stated that th...
Australia’s New South Wales lifts uranium mining ban The Hindu Australia’s most populous state will reverse a decades-long ban on uranium exploration, with the regional government saying today it would be foolish not to tap into the lucrative sector. | Mr Barry O’Farrell, premier of New South Wales, ...
NSW cabinet backs uranium exploration Sydney Morning Herald | Uranium exploration in NSW is one step closer to becoming a reality after Premier Barry O'Farrell's cabinet ticked off on a proposal to overturn a 26-year-old ban. | The Seven Network today reported that cabinet had agreed to reverse the state ban,...
O'Farrell opens door to uranium miners Sydney Morning Herald | LEGISLATION to allow mining companies to explore for uranium in NSW will be introduced to Parliament after state cabinet agreed to overturn a decades-old ban. | The Premier, Barry O'Farrell, and the Minister for Resources and Energy, Chris Hartcher...
Uranex confirms discussions regarding Mkuju uranium project, Tanzania Mineweb Uranex Limited | Australian based exploration and development company, Uranex Limited (ASX: UNX) ("Uranex" or "the Company"), is aware of recent market commentary regarding engagement it has had, and continues to have, in relation to its Mkuju Uraniu...
Namibia uranium deal on the boil for Rio The Australian | RIO Tinto is eager to secure a joint venture with the likely new owners of the huge Husab uranium deposit in Namibia. | Doug Ritchie, the head of Rio Tinto's energy division, told The Australian on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba forum in Cape T...
NASCAR: Spotlight focuses on Danica Patrick Indianapolis Star | DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The buildup for Danica Patrick's first Daytona 500 began in earnest at media day earlier this week, where auto racing's sweetheart was saddled with a full schedule of commitments. | Patrick was shuffled from interview to interview, answering questions and shooting promotions for her first full season in NASCAR. She couldn't...
Former Google CEO to sell shares Detroit Free Press | TECHNOLOGY | Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to sell up to 2.4 million shares of stock currently worth nearly $1.5 billion. | Schmidt, now Google's executive chairman, intends to stagger the sales of the stock over a one-year period. Google disclosed Schmidt's plans in a Friday regulatory filing. The company said Schmidt, 56, is trying to ra...
