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Radioactivity & Mining Newsletter 8-2023
Dear Reader,
Here's your monthly overview of relevant news in Policy and Technology (we decided to drop the previous section Economy - instead we will focus solely on Policy and Technology as these better reflect GeoEnergy Consult's own range of services).
Developments in these - often interdependent - 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.
The dispute between the Australian company Lynas and the government of Malaysia goes into the next round: Lynas Rare Earths asks Malaysia court to review licence.
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 |
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Lynas Rare Earths asks Malaysia court to review licence (Mining.Com)
While Malaysia’s government has raised concerns about the radiation levels, Lynas furnished two reviews by the IAEA that found the plant to be low risk and compliant with regulations.
Peninsula Energy announced delay in the restart of its Lance project in Wyoming after Uranium Energy Corp said it was terminating an agreement to process loaded resins from the ISL mine.
Chinese authorities instituted measures to try to curb longstanding problems with illegal rare earths mining in recent years, including a system of annual mining quotas.
Plan to accelerate the steps required for a resumption of operations has been completed, enabling a faster restart at UEC's Christensen Ranch ISL uranium project in Wyoming.
ACDC Metals is to complete REE processing plant localisation study. The Rare Earth Processing Plant (REPP) scoping study results are expected in Q4.
Chile's Environmental Service Assessment (SEA) terminated the review of Aclara Resources’s application for an environmental impact assessment of the Penco Module. |
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Reassessment of the water model had shown an increase in the estimated water volume that would require treatment.Other findings also suggested changes to the bulk material movement.
Iluka progresses critical rare earths refinery (AuManufacturing)
Iluka has further concentrating the stockpiled material to a ~90 percent monazite that will provide a direct feed to Iluka’s planned rare earths refinery.
A Comparative Study on Recent Developments for Individual REE Separation (MDPI)
This article focuses on feasible strategies such as precipitation and crystallization, oxidation and reduction, ion exchange, adsorption, solvent extraction, and membrane separation.
Urenco announced plans to increase capacity at its plant in Eunice, New Mexico - the only operating commercial uranium enrichment facility in North America - by 15%.
By harnessing patterns in mineral associations, a new machine-learning model can predict the locations of minerals on Earth.
Kazatomprom's SaUran LLP subsidiary has completed a "major investment project" to modernise a 1600 tonne per year refinery in Turkestan.
SRC’s Rare Earth Processing Facility completed successful test runs of its metal smelting unit.
Consolidated Uranium announced the start of reopening works at the underground workings at its Tony M uranium mine, fifteen years after it last produced uranium.
Honeymoon redevelopment work progresses (world nuclear news)
The first wellfield has been completed at the Honeymoon ISL project ahead of its restart by end of the year. Related gypsum pond and water treatment plants are nearing completion. |
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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.
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