Energy Fuels is now producing up to 200,000 pounds a month of high-purity vanadium
"We are extremely pleased with Energy Fuels' vanadium production to date," said the CEO
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Energy Fuels is a leading U.S.-based uranium mining company, supplying U3O8 to major nuclear utilities. The Company also produces vanadium from certain of its projects, as market conditions warrant, and expects to commence commercial production of rare earth element ("REE") carbonate in 2021. Its corporate offices are in Lakewood, Colorado, near Denver, and all of its assets and employees are in the United States. Energy Fuels holds three of America's key uranium production centers: the White Mesa Mill in Utah, the Nichols Ranch in-situ recovery ("ISR") Project in Wyoming, and the Alta Mesa ISR Project in Texas. The White Mesa Mill is the only conventional uranium mill operating in the U.S. today, has a licensed capacity of over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year, has the ability to produce vanadium when market conditions warrant, as well as REE carbonate from various uranium-bearing ores. The Nichols Ranch ISR Project is on standby and has a licensed capacity of 2 million pounds of U3O8 per year. The Alta Mesa ISR Project is also on standby and has a licensed capacity of 1.5 million pounds of U3O8 per year. In addition to the above production facilities, Energy Fuels also has one of the largest NI 43-101 compliant uranium resource portfolios in the U.S. and several uranium and uranium/vanadium mining projects on standby and in various stages of permitting and development.
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"We are extremely pleased with Energy Fuels' vanadium production to date," said the CEO
The company has begun several initiatives to enhance its ability to respond to improved uranium market conditions that may result from the ongoing Section 232 investigation
The companies are asking President Donald Trump to add a quota that would reserve 25% of the US market for domestic producers
The period saw the US government initiate a 232 investigation into uranium imports to the US
"The ability to target higher-grade vanadium zones, separately and independently from higher-grade uranium zones in these mines may be, we believe, a true paradigm shift in the way these mines can be mined," said Mark Chalmers, the presiden
The entire claim group has a maximum north-south extension of around 3.2km
The uranium group has repaid and retired the entire outstanding principal of the debt
The company also provided the state of Wyoming with a notice of its intent to repay and retire its Wyoming industrial development revenue bond, which has a balance of US$8.3-million
The company reported earnings of US$7.1mln for the second quarter and added to its working capital, which grew to US$55.25mln, including cash and cash equivalents
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The US Department of Commerce has initiated an investigation into the effects of uranium imports on US national security
Earlier this year, the company signed a petition to the US Department of Commerce (DOC) for Relief Under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act from imports of uranium products that threaten national security.
The company has recently raised $16mln through its ATM (At-The-Market) programme
The company said it was pleased to join the broad-market Russell 3000 Index and the move could further increase the company's visibility and exposure to key institutional investors.
The annual Russell U.S. Indexes reconstitution comprises the 4,000 largest US stocks, ranking them by total market capitalization.
Overall, the company has produced more than 45mln pounds of vanadium - or over US$500mln worth at today's prices.
The company said it holds other low-cost ISR assets that are currently either in production or can be brought into production sooner and on a greater scale than the assets sold
Alta Mesa is a fully permitted and constructed ISR (solution mining) uranium project in the south of Texas
The group is always hunting new sources of alternate feed materials and fee processing arrangements, it said
A total of 1.57mln pounds of U3O8 were recovered by the company, of which 624,000 pounds were for the company's own account