The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued a Radioactive Material License to Uranium Energy Corp. for its south Texas Goliad in-situ-recovery (ISR) uranium project, the company reported yesterday. The issuance of the RML marks the conclusion of the state-level permitting. The Company now has all of the required permits to begin construction...
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) has issued a Permit to Mine for the Lost Creek in-situ recovery uranium project in Sweetwater County, Ur Energy Inc. said this morning. The State permit authorizes Ur-Energy to construct and operate the Lost Creek ISR uranium mine facilities, including the first mine unit. “Receiving the State...
Uranium Resources Inc. said today that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reactivated its Source Materials License to conduct in-situ recovery uranium mining in McKinley County, N.M. The license, which was originally issued in 1998 to Hydro Resources Inc., Uranium Resources’ wholly-owned subsidiary, has been in timely renewal status since 2003. The reactivation effectively enables the use...
It seems just yesterday that Asarco was teaming up with the U.S. Bureau of Mines (now defunct) to experiment with in-situ leaching of copper at the Santa Cruz project near Casa Grande in central Arizona. This was before even heap leaching, and solution extraction-electrowinning, had become mainstream. While that test didn’t give good results...
