New Uranium Mining Projects - USA
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Arizona
Arizona 1 mine
On June 14, 2006, International Uranium Corp. announced it will review and revise the engineering estimates for the fully permitted Arizona 1 Mine in the Arizona Strip district with development scheduled to begin early 2007 and production beginning in late summer 2007.
Anderson mine , Yavapai County
> Download Meeting Notice, July 25, 2007
(ADAMS ML072050014)
Anderson Mining Company of Wickenburg, AZ, is proposing a conventional uranium mill near the Anderson Mine in Western Arizona. On July 17, 2007, NRC is holding a teleconference to discuss related regulatory issues.
> Download NRC Meeting Notice, July 17, 2007 (ADAMS ML071980098)
Concentric Energy Corp. is planning to develop the Anderson mine and build a uranium mill on site. A pre-licensing meeting was held by the NRC on June 6, 2006.
> Download NRC Meeting Notice, May 23, 2007 (ADAMS ML061430096)
> Download Report of Meeting, July 18, 2006 (ADAMS ML061940482)
According to Concentric Energy Corp., former site owner Unocal was planning a huge open pit mine with 38-to-1 strip ratio. They intended to mine 500 million tons of waste rock and leave a huge hole. Such an operation would be most difficult to permit now. However, the property were well suited to be mined by use of conventional coal mining techniques and in-situ leaching of pillars and low-grade material.
Colorado
Florida
General
Mosaic Co., CF Industries considering uranium extraction from phosphate rock
, Plymouth, MN, and CF Industries Holdings Inc. , Long Grove, Ill., the two largest U.S. producers of phosphate fertilizer, said they are considering projects to extract and sell uranium amid surging prices for nuclear fuel. Mosaic may decide in six months whether to build a facility in Florida for extracting uranium from phosphate rock, a spokesman said. CF Industries also is reviewing plans for a possible uranium-extraction project, said a spokesman. (Star Tribune Apr. 16, 2007)
IMC-Agrico considering restart of uranium by-product production from phosphates, New Wales, Florida
is reported to be looking into restarting by-product uranium production (from phosphates) from its New Wales, Florida, facility early next year. [UI News Briefing 96/23] (this news seems to be obsolete, look here )
Uranium recovery facility project at CF Industries' Plant City Phosphate Complex
CF Industries to build uranium recovery facility at its Plant City Phosphate Complex
CF Industries to study feasibility of uranium recovery facility at Plant City Phosphate Complex
said that it will explore the feasibility of building a uranium recovery facility at its Plant City Phosphate Complex, with production possible within three to four years. Illinois-based CF Industries, which operates a phosphate mine in Hardee County that ships material to its Plant City operation about 12 miles north of the city, jointly agreed to the feasibility project with Connecticut-based Nukem Inc. , a global trader of uranium. The two companies are seeking long-term contracts with U.S. electric utilities to supply about 900,000 pounds of a uranium compound [346 t U] annually, CF Industries said in a news release. If the uranium extraction project were economically feasible, the two companies would obtain financing and permits and proceed with engineering plans, the release stated. Uranium shows up in 50 to 200 parts per million in phosphate-laden earth, and rising uranium prices in recent months have created the additional market to extract uranium from phosphate, which generally is used for fertilizer. (The Tampa Tribune July 31, 2007)
Michigan
Nevada
New Mexico
South Dakota
General
and ACTion for the Environment.
Tribal judge excludes uranium company from Pine Ridge reservation
(N.A.E.G.) from the Pine Ridge reservation, declaring that the company has been trespassing on tribal lands. The finding gave NAEG 30 days to vacate the reservation. The Judge also noted that N.A.E.G. ignored a tribal resolution that accepted the OST Environmental Technical Team's recommendation that the Tribe not enter into any working relationship with N.A.E.G. Further, the order stated that OST Member, Eileen Janis, failed to inform N.A.E.G. about OST ordinances prohibiting exploration and mining for uranium. (Owe Aku International Human Rights and Justice Program, Nov. 9, 2007)
Judge denies temporary stop of uranium exploration in Fall River County (South Dakota)
is drilling 155 exploratory holes north of Edgemont. About 40 holes have been drilled already. (AP June 20, 2007)
Lawsuit challenges uranium exploration permit in Black Hills
says the state Board of Minerals and Environment improperly granted the exploration permit to Powertech Uranium Corp. Powertech plans to drill 155 exploration holes northwest of Edgemont, which is about 10 miles from the Wyoming border. (Casper Star-Tribune March 29, 2007)
Dewey/Burdock property (ISL)
Powertech Uranium Corp. apparently plans to mine the Dewey/Burdock uranium deposit by the acid in-situ leach technique (see ADAMS ML072920192 ). This would be the first commercial ISL site to be mined with acid in the United States. Groundwater restoration after acidic in-situ leaching is even more challenging than after carbonate in-situ leaching.
On August 22, 2007, NRC held a public hearing with Powertech Uranium Corp. to discuss the Pre-operational Environmental Baseline Program at the Dewey-Burdock ISL Project.
> Download Meeting Notice Aug. 8, 2007 (ADAMS ML072200166)
(project dropped by IUC in fiscal 2000)
Texas
Utah
Virginia
General
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Concern about possibility of ending uranium mining moratorium in Virginia
The renewed prospect of uranium mining in Virginia's Piedmont has been raised by a state energy plan being developed by the Kaine administration under a General Assembly mandate.
Uranium mining has been barred in Virginia by a 25-year-old moratorium. A proposal to mine a large uranium deposit near Chatham in Pittsylvania County in the early 1980s generated controversy and led to the moratorium. Opponents were concerned that radioactive milling waste, a result of processing, would pollute the environment.
The possibility of lifting that ban has alarmed folks at the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) in Charlottesville. (Richmond Times-Dispatch Aug. 31, 2007)
Download Virginia Energy Plan 2007 (Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy)
View Uranium Mining in Virginia (SELC)
Coles Hill deposit, Pittsylvania County
On Dec. 18, 2007, exploration drilling on the Coles Hill deposit has started, in spite of the moratorium against uranium mining in Virginia still being in place. (Danville Register & Bee Dec. 19, 2007)
On Nov. 27, 2007, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) issued an exploration permit to Virginia Uranium Inc.
>View related documents (DMME)
Wyoming
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Peter Diehl,
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Arnsdorf , Germany
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