International Mining NewsUranium mining did not bring any money to Niger
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- Category: Niger
- Published on Thursday, 06 February 2014
[06.02.2014] "Uranium has not enriched Niger. The former French colony remains one of the poorest countries on earth. More than 60 percent of its 17 million people survive on less than $1 a day." (Reuters: Special Report - Area and Niger's uranium fight)
Uranabbau im Niger bringt keinen Aufschwung
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- Category: Niger
- Published on Wednesday, 05 February 2014
[05.02.2014] Artikel von Marvin Kumetat auf Spiegel Online: Uranabbau im Niger: Der Fluch des strahlenden Reichtums. Obwohl Niger sehr viel Uran exportiert und dem Westen so einen Betrieb von "sauberer" Atomkraft ermöglicht, kommt nur wenig bis gar kein Reichtum im zweitärmsten Land der Erde an. Die Auswirkungen des Uranabbaus auf Mensch und Umwelt sind derweil katastrophal.
Both mines in Arlit still in "maintenance mode"
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- Category: Niger
- Published on Monday, 13 January 2014
Areva (Somair and Cominak) has put both its mines in northern Niger in so-called "maintenance mode" since mid-January. Currently, the Nigerian government and the French company are struggling over mining rights and taxes, as the current contract ended last year. Niger : les deux mines d'Areva toujours à l'arrêt pour «maintenance» (RFI)
Is time up for Australia's uranium industry?
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- Category: Australia
- Published on Thursday, 19 December 2013
[19.12.2013] Times are tough for Australia's yellow-cake industry. Is it best to put the whole thing out of its misery?
(by Dave Sweeny)
White Mesa Mill is being shut down for a year
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- Category: USA
- Published on Monday, 02 December 2013
The plans to shut down the White Mesa Mill in San Juan County, Utah, have received mixed responses by the locals. 200 people will lose their jobs over an idle phase of at least one year. But the Mill has been controversial since its beginning in 1980, due to violation of radon standards and contamination of local springs and ground water.
NRC Ex-Chairman thinks nuclear power to be outdated technology
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- Category: USA
- Published on Monday, 18 November 2013
In an interview with IEEE Spectrum, former NRC-Chairman Gregory Jaczko said that he thinks nuclear power to be an old technology, and that the US will be moving away from it.
Pantomimo press conference in Mongolia - the dangerous phantom of Uranium Mining
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- Category: Mongolia
- Published on Friday, 15 November 2013
To the score from Once Upon a Time in the West, activists in Mongolia protested the dangers of the path their country is about to take in front of press members and political officials. Posing as phantoms with nuclear signs, they attained quite a public response for their protest.
Rosatom to mothball several facilities due to low uranium prices
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- Category: Russia
- Published on Wednesday, 13 November 2013
According to a Reuters article, Rosatom (Russian owned) has ordered Uranium One to shut down the Honeymoon mine in Australia and is further considering putting several facilities into "care and maintenance" mode. The reason: Low uranium prices. This might also affect the Mkuju River Uranium Project.
The Dangers in the Mines - Professor Doug Brugge
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- Category: Health
- Published on Thursday, 31 October 2013
Not one month ago, on October 2, Doug Brugge found himself in an unusual place: a Tanzanian police station.
Brugge, Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts Medical School, and a Member of the Tisch College faculty, had traveled to that country’s capital for a conference on the dangers of uranium mining. The caravan that took him and other researchers to a planned mining exploration site was stopped by local police; their Tanzanian guide detained and threatened with arrest. The situation was thankfully resolved without further incident, but nonetheless tense: “We ended up staying at the police station well into the night in order to assure that our guide was released,” says Brugge, who also directs the Tufts Community Research Center.
The Mkuju Uranium Project is far from being “on track”
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- Category: Tanzania
- Published on Thursday, 17 October 2013
A response to the Daily News Article “Mkuju uranium project on track, says Mantra”. The fact that MANTRA launched this article - referring to that February conference which is already OLD, outdated news - may be a direct consequence of our activities - MANTRA may feel they have to 'affirm' THEIR project.
Déclaration de la coordination de la société civile Arlit
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- Category: Niger
- Published on Wednesday, 16 October 2013
[16/10/2013] Déclaration de la société civile d’Arlit à l’issue de la marche de soutien au gouvernement nigérien dans le cadre des négociations avec le groupe AREVA, pour une prise en compte effective des préoccupations des populations dans les mines d’Uranium.
AFP : Niger : Thousands of Anti-Areva on the streets in the north
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- Category: Niger
- Published on Wednesday, 16 October 2013
[16/10/2013] Translation by Golden Misabiko
Niamey – Thousands of people, anti-Areva , were demonstrating last Saturday in the mining town of Arlit in the north of Niger to show their anger against the French nuclear group Areva that has been mining uranium for over 40 years in this desert zone, as reported by the organizers.
Conference against Uranium mining in Tanzania: Field trip to Bahi
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- Category: Tanzania
- Published on Monday, 14 October 2013
By Gudrun Conrad (German Version) September 30th, 2013. Most participants of the international conference have arrived at Dar Es Salaam. Among the international attendees are members of IPPNW Germany and Netherlands, the Rosa-Luxemburg- Foundation Tanzania, Falea 21-movement France and the NGO Robin Wood Germany.