Cameco is one of the world's largest uranium producers. We're proud to call northern Saskatchewan the home of our largest operations, including our newest mine, Cigar Lake.
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The Canadian miner said it's in advanced talks with several US nuclear utilities to sell more uranium from its proposed $1.6 billion mine in Saskatchewan. Gold Futures $ 2953.1 / ozt -0.09% Micro ...
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The Rook I Project (Project) is a proposed new uranium mine and mill development located in northwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. The resource for the Project is the land-based, basement-hosted (within the rocks …
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There are four closed and decommissioned uranium mine sites in Northern Saskatchewan: Cluff Lake, Beaverlodge, former Lorado mill site and Gunnar. Cluff Lake. Orano Canada Inc. (formerly known as AREVA Resources Canada Inc.) held a uranium mine decommissioning licence for Cluff Lake until May 2023. Uranium mining and milling operations began in ...
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The Company currently holds key uranium projects: the Wing Lake Property in the Mudjatik Domain of northern Saskatchewan, Canada; the Northwest Athabasca Joint Venture with Forum Energy Metals Corp./NexGen Energy Ltd./Cameco Corporation/Orano Canada Inc. in the Northwest Athabasca region of Saskatchewan, Canada; and the Great Divide Basin ...
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Cigar Lake is the world's highest grade uranium mine and is located in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Since commissioning in 2014, the site has produced a total of 155.4 million pounds ( basis). Commercial operation began in …
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The Wheeler River Project is situated in the eastern portion of the Athabasca Basin region in northern Saskatchewan, and it is the site of a proposed In Situ Recovery (ISR) uranium mining project. It is located 35 km north-northeast of …
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Oxidation rates of low sulphide (<0.5 wt.%) gneissic waste rock from the Cluff lake U mine, northern Saskatchewan, Canada were determined using 3 independent methods: O 2 consumption rates in kinetic cells, SO 4 measurements of kinetic cell effluent and humidity cell SO 4 release rates. The O 2 consumption measurements demonstrated that the oxidation of pyrite …
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With 10% of the world's known reserves, the Athabasca Basin has been at the heart of Canada's uranium mining sector since the 1940s. Host to the world's richest uranium deposits with U 3 O 8 grades reaching 10 times that seen around the rest of the world.; Over the last 65 years, there have been 39 deposits discovered in the Basin containing a total of well over 2 billion lbs. of U …
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The Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan is home to some of the world's richest uranium deposits, making it a good place to drill for more occurrences. ... URANIUM CITY RESOURCES has reported initial drill results from its East target in the Uranium City Mining District. One shallow hole, drilled to a depth of 113 m, returned 0.054% U3O8 ...
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Learn how this long-abandoned uranium mine and mill has undergone a large environmental transformation over the past decade. ... (Cleanup of Abandoned Northern Sites)—a multi-year project focused on remediating 37 uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan that were abandoned by the companies that operated them in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Northern Saskatchewan uranium mine is currently the largest development stage project in Canada. Author of the article: Michael Joel-Hansen. Published May 29, 2024 • Last updated Jun 04, ...
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We have extensive knowledge of all aspects of uranium mining and are global leaders in exploration, mine engineering, environmental protection, and worker health and safety. Most of Cameco's operating experience is in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, home to the world's largest, high-grade uranium deposits.
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At this time, all operating uranium mines and mills in Canada are located in northern Saskatchewan. Orano Canada and Cameco Corporation are the licensees of the active mining and milling facilities. Cigar Lake Mine (Saskatchewan) Key ... New uranium mine and mill projects are currently being proposed in Saskatchewan, Quebec and Nunavut. ...
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Highlights at the Pike zone of the West McArthur project in northern Saskatchewan show drill hole WMA082-11 on target L85E cut 25.8 metres grading 6.47% uranium oxide (U 3 O 8) including 4 metres ...
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The Gunnar Mine and mill site was the largest of some 38 now-abandoned uranium mines that were developed and operated in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada, during the Cold War years. During their operating lifetimes these mines produced large quantities
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Uranium mining in Canada, which is mainly in northern Saskatchewan, is a major aspect that has highlighted implications for the human footprint. Mining causes changes to the landscape when these infrastructures, mine pits, and tailings ponds are built. These regions are exposed to a lot of environmental damage.
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SRC has worked alongside the uranium industry in Saskatchewan and around for the world for over 60 years on analysis, process improvement, technology development and remediation. ... SRC is managing Project CLEANS, the remediation of 37 abandoned uranium mine and mill sites in northern Saskatchewan. This includes the decommissioning and ...
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Saskatchewan's nearly $1 billion-a-year uranium industry made Canada the world's second-largest producer in 2022, according to World Nuclear Association (WNA) data. This …
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Saskatchewan mines roughly 25 % of the world's uranium. The radioactive tailings produced by the mining process contaminate native land, pose a health threat to the local population and remain a dangerous legacy for future generations. ... The Athabasca Basin in Northern Saskatchewan has some of the world's most extensive and most highly ...
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The CNSC was informed by Cameco that it has temporarily suspended production at its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan. This suspension is due to the increasing risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and will extend over the coming weeks, in order to ensure the safety of local northern Saskatchewan communities and Cameco's ...
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Wheeler River uranium project in northern Saskatchewan. Credit: Denison Mines. The Sahtú́ot'įnę played an important role in the production of Port Radium's uranium, serving as ore carriers who loaded and unloaded barges that ferried the ore across Great Bear Lake and then along the big river systems to the south.
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The McArthur River/Key Lake operation in northern Saskatchewan stands as a titan in the uranium mining world, boasting the title of the largest high-grade uranium mine and …
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The mines of northern Saskatchewan make Canada the world's leading uranium producer. Canada supplied 29% of global demand, or 11.60 million tonnes of the metal in 2004. Here are two bright ideas – how to mine an orebody by neither pit nor underground method, and how to mine high-grade ore without miners – that Cogema and Cameco are ...
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McArthur River/Key Lake, located in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, are the world's largest high-grade uranium mine and mill. In service since 1999 and 1983 respectively, Cameco operates the ISO 14001 certified locations, which have collectively produced 549.8 …
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The Cigar Lake uranium mine, located in the northern part of Saskatchewan province in Canada, is one of the largest uranium deposits in the world. The mine is jointly owned by Cameco (50.025%), Orano Canada …
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The McClean Lake uranium mine, located in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, is set to resume production in 2025 after operations were suspended in 2008 due to weak uranium prices.
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Orano Canada has been exploring for uranium, developing mines and producing uranium concentrate for more than 60 years. Headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, we are a leading producer of uranium in Canada. The Orano-operated McClean Lake mill is a unique facility that allows for the processing of high-grade uranium ore without dilution.
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