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Radioactivity & Mining Newsletter 7-2023
Dear Reader,
Here's your monthly overview of relevant news in Policy, Economy and Technology. Developments in these - often interdependent - fundamental categories can be essential for mining/processing projects and operations affected by Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material: Uranium, Rare-Earths or any other potentially affected commodity like Phosphates, Tantalum/Niobium etc. - if associated with NORM.
We're happy to welcome TORNGAT METALS as a new client, see the project note below.
Feel free to forward this Newsletter to further specialists. We aim to publish the next issue in about a month - provided sufficient relevant content to be linked to will be available. Enjoy reading!
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Dr. Hagen Gunther Jung |
Rainbow Rare Earths signed an agreement with phosphate miner Bosveld Phosphates to ensure it obtains 100% ownership of the Phalaborwa rare earths project, in Limpopo.
Orano confirmed the project in question was Zuuvch Ovoo and said that negotiations were ongoing and that the company aimed to develop the first uranium mine in Mongolia.
Lynas said the grant will help develop a new system containing two circuits that will allow the processing of apatite, a group of phosphate minerals, in large quantities.
NexGen Energy has signed an impact benefit agreement IBA) with two Metis Nations in northern Saskatchewan covering all phases of the Rook 1 uranium project.
LKAB said it would now submit an application for a processing concession to develop the deposit. LKAB will still need an environmental permit and other regulatory approvals.
Most of the uranium delivered in 2022 was of foreign origin, with Canada and Kazakhstan together providing more than half the total. |
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Pensana has outlined details of a revised financing and development strategy which will see the Longonjo operation, in Angola, being fully funded into production.
Huemul was Argentina´s first producing Uranium mine and operated between 1955 and 1975, recording approximately 500,000 pounds of historical U3O8 production.
The development of the Company’s new state-of-the-art mineral processing plant continues to progress well.
Hastings and Neo sign a non-binding Agreement, outlining the framework to negotiate a binding commercial offtake agreement for the supply of REE concentrate from the Yangibana Project.
American Lithium transfers the ownership of Macusani Uranium, its Peruvian subsidiary that holds the Macusani project, to Friday’s Dog Holdings (renamed as International Uranium).
Anfield Energy has agreed to acquire the Marquez-Juan Tafoya uranium project in New Mexico through the acquisition of enCore Energy Corp's wholly-owned Neutron Energy Inc subsidiary.
RareX’s recasting of Cummins Range from a REE play into a hybrid phosphate-REE project with the fertiliser being first off the rank has two advisory firms applauding the decision.
Ur-Energy Inc has announced the successful startup of production flow from Header House 2-4 at its Lost Creek in-situ leach (ISL) uranium project in Wyoming. |
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The natural lanthanide-binding protein lanmodulin (LanM) is a sustainable alternative to conventional solvent-extraction-based separation.
The company released a feasibility study on ISL-mining of the high-grade Phoenix uranium deposit and a cost update to its PFS for underground mining of the Gryphon uranium deposit.
The company aims to produce a unique mineral concentrate containing a combination of both heavy and light magnetic REEs, including neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium.
This publication presents a process to determine the “end state” of the site to be remediated, and implications for the site future use and necessary controls.
This is a core of Torngat’s strategy to optimize processes at large volume pilot scale, enabling rapid commissioning of full scale production to produce high purity separated rare earth oxides.
Pilot plant front end will produce high-value mixed rare earth sulphate in Q3 23. Pilot plant back end, to produce separated rare earth oxides, is well advanced with commissioning due Q3 23. |
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Project note: Support of TORNGAT METALS
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GeoEnergy Consult is pleased to be supportive to TORNGAT METALS Ltd., in particular by providing advice on
- Class 7 transport of concentrates in compliance with the applicable requirements,
- Disposal of the generated (NORM containing) pilot processing residues,
as well as on further NORM issues to be solved for getting the mine operation and the refinery process permitted.
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About GeoEnergy Consult
Throughout a project's life-cycle GeoEnergy Consult supports Operators, Investors or Regulators in managing Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) – from planning over operation until closure.
We provide Technology Consulting [Radiation Safety, Environmental Impact Asssessment/ Radioecological Monitoring, Waste/Residues Management, Decontamination, Decommissioning/Remediation] as well as Strategic Consulting [Document/Data Review, Feasibility Assessment, Permitting Support, Stakekeholder Engagement, Policy Support, Compliance Verification/Auditing] – from conceptualization on and optionally including engineering/realisation of developed solutions.
Should any question arise feel free to contact us. |
| The opinions stated in the linked news are not necessarily those of GeoEnergy Consult or its staff/partners. In case of any illegal or unethical content we distance ourselves from that. |
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