uranium ore

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uranium ore - any ore from which uranium can be extracted

Ac, actinium, atomic number 89 - a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores

atomic number 88, Ra, radium - an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores

carnotite - a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium

ore - a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined

pitchblende, uraninite - a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore

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M2 PRESSWIRE-August 15, 2019-: Global Uranium Ore Mining Market Report 2019-2022

Global Uranium Ore Mining Market Report 2019-2022

Kara-Balta Mining Plant will process the uranium ore from Kyzyl-Ompol site.

Prime Minister bans geological exploration and mining of uranium before legal response

Department of Commerce initiated a Section 232 investigation in July 2018 to determine whether the present quantity of uranium ore and product imports threaten to impair U.S.

Westwater Resources CEO expects rise in price of U.S.-produced uranium

The first batch of Saudi trainees to Jordan includes 13 specialists for their expertise in uranium exploration and mining to transfer technology, and train national cadres in the exploration of uranium ore, uranium oxide (yellowcake) production and Feasibility Study.

King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy announces launch of national cadre development program in uranium mining

The specialists will train national cadres in the exploration of uranium ore, uranium oxide (yellowcake) production, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

KACARE launches uranium program to train Saudis

The location of the museum where the uranium ore was stored at Grand Canyon National Park is more than 100 miles away from Grand Canyon West.

Grand Canyon West Has No Tie to Grand Canyon National Park Uranium Story

In 2014, the Republic adopted a National Concept for the rehabilitation of tailing dumps of uranium ore processing waste for 2014-2024 and was approved by the government of the country.

Tajikistan called for assistance in the reclamation of uranium waste

AEOI said a plant for the production of UF6, the feedstock for centrifuge machines that enrich uranium, has been reopened. The agency also confirmed that a barrel of yellow cake (uranium ore) was delivered to the plant.

Iran Orders Reopening Nuclear Plant Idle For Nine Years

It said Iran is trying to obtain uranium ore by sending military advisors to Libya.

Israel said to kill Pasdars

This stems from the final ruling issued by the Supreme Court, which decided not to extend a permit for a geological survey of uranium ore at the site close to Kosice, the TASR newswire reported.The court has thus ended the legal proceedings and upheld a decision by the Environment Ministry.