http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/uranium Uranium - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1383162?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 At last Thursday's Summit on Virginia's Energy Future in Richmond, Governor Robert McDonnell delivered a detailed talk on the state's energy opportunities and the bi-partisan commitment of the legislature and Virginia's US Senators and Congressional ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:07:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1383162?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1383331?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 OPEC Expands Oil Rigs Most in Three Years as Quota Promises Prove Illusory (Bloomberg) -- OPEC is increasing oil drilling at the fastest rate in 2 1/2 years, even as production exceeds its quotas by the equivalent of a supertanker of crude a day an... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:27:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1383331?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1383076?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.comSeveral weeks ago, Vermont Senate President Peter Shumlin called a vote of the Vermont Senate on whether or not to give the Public Service Commission permission to issue a certificate of public ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:51:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1383076?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1382797?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 This is part of the continuing series that I have been writing about oil shale. And, while I just digressed in talking about using nuclear devices to break the rock and heat it, the key problems that those posts highlighted remain. The first was th... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:00:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1382797?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1382798?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Gasoline refining lacks its spark, for nowNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- While the cost of crude has risen in the past year much faster than the price of gasoline at the pump, Big Oil absorbed a huge body blow to the bottom line. After racking up sharp lo... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:47:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1382798?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1382496?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 A good friend asked me the title question for this blog during the week. The question intrigued me enough to encourage some digging and computations. I would be interested in any questions that you have about the assumptions.Based on reading a number... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:15:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1382496?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1382475?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Journey to the Center of the EarthMiles below the ocean floor lies enough oil to power the U.S. for more than a decade and perhaps our best shot at energy independence.From the window of a helicopter 1,500 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, oil platfor... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:38:35 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1382475?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-trends/1382325?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 As the Obama administration and other governments give the green light to the nuclear industry, investors are pouring into nuclear exchange traded funds (ETFs) in an attempt to capitalize on the surge in alternative-energy initiatives.The White House... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:21 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-trends/1382325?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1381785?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 I spent most of the day in Richmond yesterday attending the first Summit on Virginia's Energy Future. I'll write more about the main topic of the session next week, but a statistic from one of the panelists stuck in my mind for the entire drive home.... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:56:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1381785?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1381927?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Study sees efficiency as key to meeting energy needsThe big buzz at the CERAWeek conference may be natural gas, but a new study says it's time to light a fire under energy efficiency to meet future energy demands.The study, unveiled Thursday at IHS C... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:20:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1381927?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/miningmx-headlines/1381915?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 First Uranium, which is raising up to C$150m, is undergoing a massive shakeup that entails the replacement of its CEO and relocation to South Africa to address a litany of woes that have beset the business.... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:51:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/miningmx-headlines/1381915?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1381367?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Central Iron Ore Limited announced that it has today entered into an Option and Asset Sale Agreement with Natural Resource Investments Pty Ltd, for sale of its British King and Eureka gold mines for CAD$4 million.The sale of Assets will initially rai... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:15:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1381367?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1381377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Strathmore Minerals Corp. announce that Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (Scott Wilson RPA) has been contracted to prepare a Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) to evaluate the overall project economics of the proposed Roca Honda underground u... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:22:22 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1381377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1381379?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Uranium Resources, Inc., today provided an update on the Company's financial position as of the year ended December 31, 2009 and on its strategies and outlook for 2010 and beyond.Strategic plan and 2010 outlookContinued focus on the Company's cash pr... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:18:34 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1381379?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1381388?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 This is the winning one: The Iowa Senate approved a bill that would allow an Iowa energy company to raise fees to pay for a study on the feasibility of building a nuclear power plant in the state. The bill is a stepping stone in what lawmakers c... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:40:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1381388?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381228?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 With all the money that has poured into emerging markets in recent years, there is still one sector offering growth opportunity: nuclear power. Developing countries, particularly China and India, are building fast and furiously.There are now 438 comm... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:02:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381228?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381229?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Uranium Resources, Inc. (URRE)Q4 2009 Earnings CallMarch 11, 2010 11:00 am ET... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:56:09 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1381229?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1381005?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 On Monday, CAP attempted to provide some facts about DOE s loan guarantee program that needless to say completely distorted the picture. After spending a few days dissecting their analysis, NEI came out with a 13 page response that rebuts CAP and c... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1381005?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1381006?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 We always like to hear what Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has to say about nuclear energy. Now, obviously, that has something to do with his all-in attitude in fact, his call for 100 nuclear plants in 20 years shows him to be quite a fan bu... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:19:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1381006?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1381011?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 John Michael Greer: Barbarism and good brandyThink of it this way. The individual photons that heat the planet Mercury each contain, on average, the same quantity of energy as the individual photons that heat the planet Neptune. Is Neptune as warm as... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:06:42 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1381011?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/miningmx-headlines/1380598?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Uranium One is building a war chest to buy an African uranium project to diversify away from Kazakhstan which provides the bulk of its 6.8 million pounds of U3O8 output this year.... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:23:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/miningmx-headlines/1380598?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1380580?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 One hybrid car requires 20 kilograms of lithium carbonate. By comparison, cellphone batteries need just a few grams. Some experts believe that as production of hybrid cars increases, so will the demand for lithium and other rare earths.It was an inve... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:24:08 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1380580?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1380591?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 The world's second biggest uranium-exporting country has overcome a period of low ore grades and operation problems to reach production levels last seen in 2005.Recent years have been lean due to low ore grades at the McClean Lake mine and various eq... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:01:45 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1380591?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1380592?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 It would seem we missed the monthly report on the uranium industry by consultant TradeTech in our reporting last week. Otherwise we would not have reported a small gap between weekly U3O8 spot prices at TradeTech and peer Ux Consulting.Contrary to ou... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:43 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1380592?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1379973?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 A couple of months ago I conceded that I was probably overly optimistic when I periodically pointed out that our problems fell short of reprising the 1970s. While I haven't heard anyone describe our current condition as malaise , there does seem to ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:45:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1379973?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1380175?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 World crude oil production may peak a decade earlier than some predictIn a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:11:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1380175?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1379297?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Shell's discounted bid for Arrow reflects the present world oversupply of gas The bid and Arrow's decision to take it seriously despite the price discount reflect the much more complicated outlook for gas in the wake of the global financial crisis, a... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:59:06 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1379297?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1378594?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Senators Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Harry Reid (D-Nevada) this week introduced the Thorium Energy Security Act of 2010 to accelerate the use of thorium-based nuclear fuel in existing and future reactors.Their legislation establishes a regulatory fra... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:09:43 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1378594?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1378597?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 There is presently a growing panic among molybdenum traders. From our sources, it appears reduced inventories have been overpowered by rushing demand for the silvery-white 'energy metal.' On the day before the Ryan's Notes metals conference at the Ne... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:00:57 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1378597?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1378608?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 We re not going to say the cat s out of the bag or anything like that, but we were surprised to read this in the Wall Street Journal, with the paper s Robert Thompson listening to Energy Secretary Steven Chu: Well, it's fair to say that th... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:31:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1378608?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1378163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 From the inbox:Did you see thesearticles in Sunday's dispatch? Seems relevant to national energy andclimate change discussion. Too bad research in Nuclear led us away fromthis as a possibility in the 50's. They even point out that it is less av... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:11:54 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1378163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1377883?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 The Vermont Department of Health has a well organized page detailing the results of the search for the source(s) of tritiated water leaks at Vermont Yankee. It includes regular updates, site maps and detailed sample results.Based on an update dated M... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:06:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1377883?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/1377840?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Thanks Rod Adams! It's good to see the national director of the Sierra Club exhibiting rank hypocrisy by pushing the same natural-gas that killed six workers and destroyed a $1B facility only four weeks ago. The same national director of the Sierra... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:11:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/1377840?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/1377841?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Dr. Robert Hargraves has some substantial improvements on the Thorium Energy Security Act of 2010 and I encourage everyone to read his suggested changes to the bill:(3) the growth of nuclear power in the United States and many foreign countries has f... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:54:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/1377841?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1378614?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Hmmm! Well, the tone of some the comments on my last post--dealing with nuclear development of oil shale, both recently and when I initially posted it on The Oil Drum helps illustrate one of the points that I want to make in this, a continuation in ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:57:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1378614?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1378616?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Energy world is in a new modeThe title of this year's conference, Energy: Building a New Future, reflects that renewed optimism. But it also suggests that, while the worst of recession may be over, what's ahead for the industry is unlikely to l... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:06:48 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1378616?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1377303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 CERAWEEK - Stable oil prices shouldn't breed complacency HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil company executives should not get too complacent about how oil prices settled in the $70-$80 a barrel range over the last several months as the economic recovery has yet... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:38:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1377303?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1377272?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 On Friday, March 5, 2010, NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow focused on new nuclear technologies. The guest list included, John (Grizz) Deal, CEO of Hyperion Power Generation, Scott Burnell, public affairs officer of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commi... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:55:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1377272?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1377234?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 - A$2M received on 22 February 2010 from settlement of the sale of Forte Energy's interest in the Maroochydore JV Copper/Cobalt project in Western Australia- A$20,000 received during February from Elementos Ltd for a 6-month extension of its option t... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:50:12 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1377234?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1376931?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 The Obama administration's policy of sanctions to prevent Iran from completing its nuclear weapons program is lapsing into farce. Yesterday's Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administration is still struggling to win China's pivotal backi... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:31:12 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1376931?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1376923?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Michael Foot died earlier this week. Foot was the leader of Britain's Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was an Old Labour guy -- a supporter of unilateral nuclear disarmament and state ownership of major industries. Nonetheless, Foot represented a... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:31:05 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1376923?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1376797?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Nuclear Power Pants, a band from Baltimore, MD, has a uniquely awful video up on YouTube that might best be described as GWAR meets Ed Wood. (That's one heckuva high bar for this high camp.) Enjoy.Can the nuclear energy industry sue for defamation of... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:37:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1376797?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1376798?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Further to David s post below, we thought we d feature our old friends at FOE, that is, Friends of the Earth, using that discredited several year old default figure to gin up fear over loan guarantees. Frankly, the idea - to link them to bank bai... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:23:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1376798?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1376803?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Embargo Our Way To Freedom? A quartet of Yale-affiliated economic types have published a modest proposal for U.S. energy policy that would eliminate the specter of oil shortages in 10 short years. Just phase in an embargo of foreign oil imports, a li... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:09:35 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1376803?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1376398?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 On September 23, 2009, John Felmy, the chief economist of the American Petroleum Institute (API) spoke at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, PA about the vast opportunities that the API sees for developing the shale gas that is b... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:38:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/1376398?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1376434?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 In this game, according to Marin Katusa, senior editor of Casey's Energy Report, you only get profits when you sell. The zero-capital investing philosophy he advocates wins the hearts and lines the pockets of investors. At the same time, though... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:04:35 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/1376434?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1376528?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 Commodities market research, consulting, asset management, and investment banking are all in high demand. And what all these have in common is that to be successful in each requires a person with a specific skillset. To consult some of the wealthiest... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:07:35 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/metals-place/1376528?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/1376252?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 111TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSIONTo amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation.IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. REID) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:04:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/1376252?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1376120?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 That question reverberated through a couple of hearings about the Department of Energy s 2011 budget request and, up to now, has not received a very adequate answer. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has took a stab at it this week. At the House Scien... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:07:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1376120?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/1376121?rsstype=populararticles&cid=14 The Congressional Budget Office s Director, Douglas Elmendorf, provided some important insight into how loan guarantees are assessed in the US government s budget. For those who have been following the 50 percent default rate argument that nuclea... 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