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1). James Dines Predicts a Buying Panic in Uranium
Over the years, Dines successfully forecast the Internet mania, forecasting the giants of the tech boom, and forecasting the tech bust. A gold bug again, Dines also added uranium as the metal to watch over the coming years, saying, “This is my way of playing the whole coming energy boom."
Interviewer: You have been calling a bull market in uranium and, once again, you were the first voice in the now-growing crowd of uranium bulls.
Article tags: investing, stocks, uranium, mining, oil, gold, utilities, nuclear energy, commodities, bull market, labor shortage, drill rigs, exploration, geologist
2). The Grand Daddy Boom in Uranium
Approaching his 50th year in the uranium business, the quiet but assertive Chairman and Chief Executive of Uranium Resources (OTC BB: URIX). Paul K. Willmott talked to us about the current uranium bull market. Willmott discussed the third uranium bull market he’s experienced with both exuberance and caution.
Interviewer: How do you feel about the rising.
Article tags: investing, stocks, uranium, mining, oil, gold, utilities, nuclear energy, commodities, bull market, labor shortage, drill rigs, exploration, copper
3). Why Does a Company’s Uranium Resource Calculations Double?
Have you ever wondered how a uranium company’s “resource calculation” can increase, sometimes even double? I did and I began making inquiries about this. In February, during a meeting, it was a topic of discussion with William Boberg, Chief Executive of UR-Energy (TSX: URE). I have also had talks with David Miller, President of Strathmore Minerals (TSX: STM; Other OTC: STHJF), and his senior geologist, Terrence Osier.
Article tags: investing, stocks, uranium, mining, oil, gold, utilities, nuclear energy, commodities, bull market, labor shortage, drill rigs, exploration, geologist
4). Why Is Eric Sprott A Uranium Bull?
Eric Sprott may be Canada's answer to Warren Buffet. He's got the Midas Touch and currently manages more than $3 billion. We talked to Eric Sprott about uranium and why he is bullish on nuclear energy.
Interviewer:
Uranium had been inching higher from 2001 until a year ago. Since then, it has soared up the price chart. What is a realistic price for uranium and how high can you envision it reaching?
Eric Sprott:
There is obviously a shortage between current mine production and current uranium consumption.
Article tags: investing, stocks, uranium, mining, oil, gold, utilities, nuclear energy, commodities, bull market, labor shortage, drill rigs, exploration, geologist
5). Exposed: The World’s Best Kept Uranium Secret
Perhaps the White House flap as to whether or not Saddam Hussein’s government tried to buy uranium ore from the country of Niger was the best publicity Niger has had about its uranium production for more than two decades. How many geologists know that the Republic of Niger ranks fourth, behind Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan, in terms of the quantity of uranium annually produced worldwide?
Named after the river which runs through it, Niger produces nearly four times the uranium currently mined in the United States.
Article tags: investing, stocks, uranium, mining, africa, niger, utilities, nuclear energy, commodities, bull market, labor shortage, drill rigs, exploration, copper
6). A 'Call' On The Price of Uranium?
Interviewer:
Before we talk about the potential of uranium shortages and the steep price rise in that energy source, could you explain how you got started with this idea, and what is the philosophy behind Strathmore’s acquisition program of uranium properties?
Dev Randhawa:
Several years ago, Strathmore Minerals started with the idea of acquiring properties “out of the money” at very cheap prices in the belief that the uranium prices would recover so that our assets would be worth more.
Article tags: investing, stocks, uranium, mining, oil, gold, utilities, nuclear energy, commodities, bull market, labor shortage, drill rigs, exploration, geologist
7). How is the Weekly Spot Uranium Price Calculated?
Trading in the uranium market is done by a very small number of players. After all, there are about 440 nuclear reactors worldwide, a few dozen trading firms, fuel managers, and a relatively small number of utilities who participate in the actual buying of uranium. It’s the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle. Without it, nuclear reactors shut down.
Article tags: uranium, energy, mining, nuclear energy, china, india, canada, australia, france, utilities, commodities, electricity, uranium mining, athabasca basin
8). Rising Commodity Prices Causing New Turmoil Through The Mining Sector
The Gold and Silver Index (XAU) is holding steady above 120, having reached a high above 156 in January, a level it had not seen since September 18, 1987. The spot uranium price is higher than it’s been since January 1980. Crude oil? Filling up your gas tank should remind you that oil prices are still painfully high. So all of this must mean mining companies are thrilled with their good fortune? WRONG! There’s a snowballing crisis in the mining sector, which has been kept off the typical investor’s radar screen.
Article tags: investing, stock market, commodities, energy, utilities, stock tips, stock trading, uranium, mining
9). Could Spot Uranium Prices Reach $100/pound?
Energy Guru Bill Powers Forecasts Uranium Shortfall in Three Years. Bill Powers focuses on investment opportunities in the Canadian energy sector, mainly independent oil & gas companies and now uranium companies. We talked with him and he thinks uranium could reach $100/pound this decade.
Interviewer: A lot of newsletters cover oil and gas, but you picked uranium, which hardly anyone was covering until recently?
Bill Powers: I feel the uranium market right now is the world’s most unbalanced commodity market.
Article tags: investing, stocks, uranium, mining, oil, gold, utilities, nuclear energy, commodities, bull market, labor shortage, drill rigs, exploration, copper
10). How Is the Weekly Uranium Price Calculated?
Find out from the Ux Consulting president exactly how the spot price of uranium is calculated every week. It’s not so simple. It impacts uranium investors worldwide.
Article tags: uranium, mining, isl, energy, solution mining, wyoming, utilities, canada, nuclear power, utah
11). Reversing Mother Nature, Part One
We talked to North America’s leading In Situ Leach (ISL) uranium mining engineers, and had them explain exactly how ISL worked. Most of the significant ISL operations in the United States were designed and/or constructed by these engineers. They explained how ISL mining is really just reversing the process of Mother Nature.
“Blossom” is what underground uranium miners called the crystals forming on the tunnel walls.
Article tags: uranium, uranium mining, energy, nuclear energy, electricity, ion exchange, isl mining, utilities
12). Will Lightning Strike A Third Time For Dr. Boen Tan?
A Renowned Exploration Geologist Is Pursuing Another Major Uranium Deposit in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin
In late January, Cameco Corp’s director of advanced exploration tantalized the audience at Vancouver’s Minerals Exploration Roundup, discussing the geology, and especially the size, of his company’s Millennium uranium deposit. Drill indicated resources are estimated at 449,000 tonnes with a grade of 4.
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13). Foreign Demand May Jeopardize Uranium Supply for U.S. Utilities
We discussed with the Ux Consulting president from which countries future uranium supplies may come, and who is going after those supplies more aggressively. He warns about the risks and rewards of Kazakhstan and Mongolia, looks to Africa for supplies, and talks about Russia’s expansion.
Article tags: uranium, nuclear energy, energy, utilities, china, russia, india, kazakhstan, namibia
14). UxC President To U.S. Utilities: Buy American
Summary: In the face of Asian competition and possible supply shocks to the uranium market, UxC president Jeff Combs urges U.S. utilities to “support the expansion of production in the United States.” He believes there’s a good chance for $50/pound uranium this year. “Any shock to supply could send prices much, much higher.”
StockInterview: How would you sum up the uranium market right now?
Jeff Combs: There’s a very tight supply/demand situation that exists now for deliveries over the next several years.
Article tags: uranium, nuclear energy, energy, utilities, nuclear power, china, russia, india, heu
15). Safest Ways to Invest in Uranium Companies
In Situ Leach (ISL) mining of uranium has been growing in popularity. About 21 percent of the world’s nuclear reactors are now fueled by uranium mined using this method. The three top areas for ISL mining are the United States, Australia and Kazakhstan. How do you evaluate the many uranium companies now developing their ISL operations?
Article tags: uranium, uranium mining, nuclear energy, energy, utilities, u3o8, isl, mining, wyoming, new mexico