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New Mexico Joins the Nuclear Renaissance
By James Finch · 18 years ago
New Mexico hasn’t had a uranium boom since 1950. After Navajo shepherd Paddy Martinez woke up from his nap, beneath a limestone ledge with a handful of funny looking yellow rocks, only to be later ...
Al Gore’s Inconvenient Infomercial: A Movie Review
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Who is the chubby, aging baby boomer waddling through airport after empty airport, wearily tugging along his 2-piece luggage roller? Hey, it’s not Michael Moore (again). Why, for heaven’s sake, it’s none other than a ...
A Nuclear Power Plant May Be Next for New Mexico
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Federal lawmakers patted themselves on the back, last Friday, in a joint bi-partisan news release issued by three New Mexico politicians: U.S. Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman, and U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce. Their celebratory ...
New Drilling Technology Could Finally Make CBM Very Economic
By James Finch · 18 years ago
In a previous interview about coalbed methane (CBM), Sprott Asset Management CBM analyst Eric Nuttall told us he would remain, “quite excited about the prospects for companies with coal bed methane assets so long as ...
How Soon Will Saudi Arabia Turn to Nuclear Energy?
By James Finch · 18 years ago
How soon will Saudi Arabia join the nuclear club? You might be surprised with our investigation. How will this change the world’s energy picture? Water desalination will be the driving force behind Saudi’s entry into ...
9 Survival Tips for the Market Shakeout Blues
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Investors who bought during the top of the frothy commodities rally are now panicking or kicking themselves. Neither activity helps an investor or trader think straight. Below are a few tips in dealing with the ...
Are There Any Great, New Mining Stocks Left?
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Where are the hot and cold spots around the world for resource investors? The stampeding bull market in commodities has investors reaching for new ideas. Highly respected newsletter writer Lawrence Roulston of “Resource Opportunities” favors ...
UxC President to U.S. Utilities: Buy American
By James Finch · 18 years ago
In the face of Asian competition and possible supply shocks to the uranium market, UxC president Jeff Combs urges U.S. utilities to “support the expansion of production in the United States.” He believes there’s a ...
Reversing Mother Nature, Part One
By James Finch · 18 years ago
We talked to North America’s leading In Situ Leach (ISL) uranium mining engineers, and had them explain exactly how ISL worked. Most of the significant ISL operations in the United States were designed and/or constructed ...
Foreign Demand May Jeopardize Uranium Supply for U.S. Utilities
By James Finch · 18 years ago
We discussed with the Ux Consulting president from which countries future uranium supplies may come, and who is going after those supplies more aggressively. He warns about the risks and rewards of Kazakhstan and Mongolia, ...
How to Evaluate an ISL Uranium Company
By James Finch · 18 years ago
The key to in situ leach (ISL) mining is not necessarily its uranium pounds-in-the-ground. Key factors include permeability of the uranium orebody, size of the area covered by a deposit and the average grade of ...
How Did ISL Uranium Mining Begin?
By James Finch · 18 years ago
According to the World Nuclear Association, 21 percent of the world’s uranium production came about from ISL mining in 2004. We conducted interviews with some of the world’s top ISL experts, including the father of ...
Explosion in Nuclear Energy Demand Coming
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Summary: Sprott Asset Management uranium expert Kevin Bambrough talked with us about the “second leg” of the current uranium bull market. He sees a massive nuclear build up heading our way with “the environmentalists leading ...
Why Are Coalbed Methane Stocks Red Hot?
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Eric Nuttall: Coal bed methane (CBM) is perhaps one of the last significant natural gas resources available in Canada. With the maturing of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, the potential for elephant sized discoveries has ...
James Lovelock’s Latest Book Trashes Renewables, Endorses Nuclear Energy
By James Finch · 18 years ago
On the front page of the World Nuclear Association website prominently rests a quote from what some consider the world’s leading environmentalist and among the world’s top scientists, Dr. James Lovelock: “There is no sensible ...
Could Uranium Prices Reach $100/pound?
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Energy Guru Bill Powers Forecasts Uranium Shortfall in Three Years. Bill Powers focuses on investment opportunities in the Canadian energy sector, mainly independent oil & gas companies and now uranium companies. We talked with him ...
The Grand Daddy Boom in Uranium
By Jame Finch · 18 years ago
Approaching his 50th year in the uranium business, the quiet but assertive Chairman and Chief Executive of Uranium Resources (OTC BB: URIX). Paul K. Willmott talked to us about the current uranium bull market. Willmott ...
Swiss Medica Aims For Success #2 with PMS Escape
By James Finch · 18 years ago
PMS Escape Formulation Might Be Good For Stressed-Out Men, Too! When Swiss Medica goes shopping, don’t expect them to pay retail for the consumer health products they purchase. Since acquiring the O24/Sport product from insolvent ...
A 'Call' On The Price of Uranium?
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Strathmore Minerals Chief Executive Foresees Uranium Shortage. Will nuclear reactors run out of fuel? This is a Q&A with the company's Chief Executive. Interviewer: Before we talk about the potential of uranium shortages and the ...
China's Energy Plan to Reduce Its Dependence Upon Coal
By James Finch · 18 years ago
According to a U.S. Congressional – Executive Commission on China, which held a series of Issues Roundtables in late 2004, it was estimated that 12 Chinese mine workers die for every million tons of coal ...