China Could Force U.S. Utilities to Scramble for Uranium Supply
Source: Stockinterview.com  (11/16/05)
David Miller, two-term Wyoming state legislator, former International Atomic Energy Agency consultant, and recently appointed president of Strathmore Minerals, won't be surprised if soaring uranium prices - now at an 18-year high - doubled again, according to an article in www.stockinterview.com. More >

Uranium Price At 25-Yr High; Set To Rise - Australian Cos
Source: Dow Jones  (11/14/05)
The price of uranium, already at a 25-year high, should rise further, pushed by strong demand for the fuel, according to reports issued Monday by two Australian uranium companies. Dow Jones reported on the companies' statements. More >

UBS Raises Uranium Price Estimates
Source: The Financial Express  (11/5/05)
In an interview with Financial Express, UBS AG said uranium prices during the next three years may be higher than forecast as the rising cost of crude oil and natural gas and increased environmental concern prompt countries to switch to nuclear power generation. More >

Wind of Change in US Blows Dust Off Nuclear Facilities
Source: FinancialTimes.com  (10/24/05)
After years of false dawns, hype is turning to hope again for the U.S. uranium industry, according to a report by Dan Roberts for FinancialTimes.com. More >

Room to Grow
Source: The Gold Report  (10/5/05)
Gold dipped slightly mid-week during the first week of October, but industry watchers say fear of inflation and geopolitical instability will contribute over the long term to continued momentum for gold. Silver has begun showing strength, also, which according to James Turk, editor of The Freemarket Gold & Money Report, bodes well for the precious metals. More >

The Hunt for Uranium - A Modern Gold Rush
Source: Western Standard  (9/30/05)
With a price of US$30 per pound, uranium is a hot commodity these days. As with all of the metals, little effort was devoted to exploring for uranium while prices were low. Mines that are now entering the development pipeline were discovered years ago and will do little more than offset declining production as older mines are
depleted. As a result, many Canadian junior exploration companies are now feverishly searching for new uranium deposits, according to an article in Western Standard. How do they find these deposits? Reporter Graham Matthews believes that we must understand a little more about uranium in order to answer that question. More >

Patience Golden with Uranium's Rise
Source: Business Edge  (9/15/05)
All eyes might be focused on oil's meteoric rise, but pound for pound, it is uranium that's burning up the charts, according to a recent article in Business Edge. More >

Waking Australia's Nuclear Giant
Source: ResourceInvestor.com  (9/12/05)
With 40% of the world's known uranium reserves, Australia should dominate the world's uranium market, according to an article in ResourceInvestor.com. But thanks to a host of restrictive mining policies, Australia has long played second fiddle to Canada in terms of uranium production - even though Canada has less than half Australia's reserves. More >

U.S., Australia May Allow New Uranium Mines
Source: mineweb.com  (9/9/05)
“According to a recent mineweb.com article by Dorothy Kosich, uranium experts asserted Thursday that, like it or not, the United States is moving toward a nuclear society, and Australia is on the verge of allowing new uranium mines.” (September 9, 2005) More >

Uranium Stocks: The Nuclear Option and the Uranium Bull
Source: investmentu.com  (9/1/05)
With gas prices at the pump rising about $4, investmentu.com asked its Advisory Panel Member Mark Skousen -- a legend in the business, according to investmentu -- for his take on the best energy options right now. Here's an excerpt from Skousen's article on the Investment U site.
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What's That Uranium Worth?
Source: Doug Casey  (8/29/05)
In order to make the big returns offered by resource stocks, it is only logical that you should have some understanding of the underlying resource, whether that resource is gold, silver, oil or, as discussed here, uranium.
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Nuclear Industry Hopes to Capitalize on Surge in China
Source: USA Today  (8/17/05)
With plans to spend nearly $50 billion on nuclear energy by 2020, China is on the verge of jump-starting a beleaguered nuclear industry, according to USA Today. David J. Lynch reports on China's nuclear energy plans. More >

Miners See Boom Times Coming Again for Uranium
Source: Washington Post  (8/14/05)
Nuclear power's growth is expected to fuel demand for uranium, according to an article by T.R. Reid in the Washington Post. More >

Nuclear Bonanza
Source: The London Times  (8/11/05)
Atomic power is back in fashion, boosting mining firms as the price of uranium soars, according to this recent London Times article. More >

Thar's Uranium in Them Thar Hills
Source: Wired  (8/10/05)
Wired magazine reporter Jeff Rice reports on how a worldwide shortage of uranium has lead to a surge in mining claims in the western United States. More >

Uranium Explorers Stake out Canada
Source: Bay Street Week Ahead  (7/31/05)
Canada's hot and humid summer is often a quiet time in the mining industry but some exciting uranium finds this year have kept prospectors and investors from lounging at the lake, according to an article in Bay Street Week Ahead, by Nicole Mordant. More >

Nuclear Power Poised for Comeback
Source: Copley News Service  (7/31/05)
Rising oil prices and fears about global warming are driving a comeback in nuclear power, according to a recent Copley News Service article by Dana Wilkie. Nestled in the energy bill that Congress approved last week is perhaps the most tangible evidence yet that nuclear power, long shunned by many as a dangerous energy source, is on the verge of a comeback, according to the article. More >

Nuclear Industry to Seek Foreign Investment
Source: www.chinaview.cn  (7/27/05)
According to a recent report in www.chinaview.cn, China's ambitious plans to build some 30 nuclear reactors within the next 15 years will provide vast opportunities for foreign architecture & engineering (A&E) companies to cash in on the expanding clean energy sector. The report, quoting industry sources, was filed following a nuclear forum in Beijing. More >

Uranium Mining Makes a Comeback
Source: The Associated Press  (7/26/05)
Demand for uranium is surging as nuclear power use increases everywhere, according to an Associated Press article which appeared recently in the Salt Lake Tribune. More >

New Rush for Uranium
Source: DenverPost.com  (7/24/05)
Denver Post Staff Writer Nancy Lofholm reports on the surging global demand for nuclear power and why Colorado and Utah are ground zero for mining firms trying to meet that demand. More >

James Passin, Firebird Management, on Gold, Uranium, and What's Going on in Armenia. . .
Source: The Gold Report  (7/14/05)
The Gold Report sat down recently with James Passin of Firebird Management LLC. Firebird manages over $1.2 billion in seven funds dedicated to equity investment in emerging markets, with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union and emerging Eastern Europe, and exotic sectors worldwide. James joined Firebird in 1999 and launched Firebird Global Fund in April of 2000, which he lead manages. He is the former director of research at the investment newsletter Taipan and is an associate of the Market Technicians Association.

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Facing Energy Shortages, China Races to Expand Nuclear Energy
Source: money.canoe.ca  (7/13/05)
Laine Kurtenbach reports on Beiging's quest to more than double its nuclear power generating capacity by 2020. Excerpted from a report on www.money.canoe.ca. More >

Investors to eye uranium, retail: KPMG
Source: The Age  (7/11/05)
Financial services provider KPMG tells The Age that the uranium sector, along with big retailers and the aged care sector, are the three industries to watch. More >

Dines pegs uranium as latest 'hot' story for investors
Source: Business Edge  (7/7/05)
In an interview with Business Edge's Gyle Konotopetz, Jim Dines, publisher of The Dines Letter, says he believes the uranium story is still in the early innings. More >

China Courting Canadian Uranium
Source: Globe and Mail  (7/4/05)
Chinese officials and investors have been sizing up the Canadian uranium sector, in what may be the early stages of an attempt to nail down raw materials for a nuclear building boom, according to an article by Geoffrey York and Wendy Stueck in the Globe and Mail. More >