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Saturday | Globe and Mail

It's time to consider a coal ETF

TheStreet.com Last updated on Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009 10:48AM EDT L ast September, I said the new PowerShares Global Coal Portfolio PKOL-Q was well-constructed but poorly timed in light of the bear market.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Mining, Cameco

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Freshnews

Nanophase Technologies Announces Stockholder Meeting

The stockholder meeting agenda is: 1. To elect three directors to Nanophase's Board of Directors; 2. To ratify the appointment by the Company's Audit and Finance Committee of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP as the independent auditors of the Company's financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009; and 3. To transact such other business as may ...

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Related Topix: Mining, Nanophase Technologies, Romeoville, IL, ISO 9000

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Investopedia

Areva Doubles Output

On the heels of recent quotes from Rio Tinto and Cameco on the impending shortage of uranium supply in future years, Areva announced today that it aims to double its uranium production within three years.

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Related Topix: Rio Tinto, Mining, Cameco, Nuclear Energy

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Chillicothe Gazette

Usec Appoints Jacobs to Manager Position

PIKETON - USEC Inc. has named Rob Jacobs as maintenance manager, American Centrifuge Plant Operations.

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Related Topix: Piketon, OH, USEC, Mining

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Portsmouth Daily Times

Centrifuge Project Seeks Loan Guarantee

A company's plans to build a uranium enrichment plant in Piketon are in jeopardy without a $2 billion federal loan guarantee, The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday.

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Related Topix: Piketon, OH, USEC, Mining, Department of Energy, George Bush, W., Nuclear Energy

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

NEW YORK-- --Incisive Media today launched a new career Web site focused on job opportunities and career management in public interest law.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Sunnyvale, CA, Carlsbad, CA, USEC, Mining

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Fool.com

5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: USEC

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS , the Fool's free investing community, enriched-uranium provider USEC has earned a coveted five-star ranking .

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Related Topix: USEC, Mining, Financial Markets

Investopedia

Buy Some Yellow Cake

The growing push in the United States for an energy policy that lowers the country's dependence on oil always seems to bring nuclear energy into the discussion.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Cameco, Mining

Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Plain Dealer

Ohio uranium plant at risk without federal loan

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A company's plans to build a uranium enrichment plant in southern Ohio are in jeopardy without a $2 billion federal loan guarantee.

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Related Topix: Columbus, OH, Columbus Metro, Department of Energy

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Chillicothe Gazette

Areva/USEC pact to benefit both groups

The inclusion of traditional competitors Areva and USEC Inc. in the Southern Ohio Clean Energy Park Alliance will not have any impact on the ongoing American Centrifuge project or the two companies' competitive standing.

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Related Topix: USEC, Mining, Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Dayton Daily News

Backers of project say 'green plant' part of nuclear renaissance

Thirty years after the nation's worst nuclear accident, the partial reactor core meltdown at Three Mile Island, nuclear power is being reinvented as clean, green and safe - a talisman against global warming.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Global Warming, Piketon, OH, USEC, Mining

Fri Jun 19, 2009

LancasterEagleGazette

Nuke power plant coming to Piketon

An estimated 4,000 construction jobs will be created over the next decade as a new nuclear power plant is erected on Department of Energy land in Piketon.

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Related Topix: Piketon, OH, Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jean Schmidt, USEC, Mining

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Bizjournals

Strickland details plans for nuclear plant

Ohio's third nuclear power plant likely won't start operating for years, but state officials and energy industry executives are saying it is time to start considering its construction and Piketon is the place for it.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ohio, USEC, Mining

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Portsmouth Daily Times

Nuclear Power Plant Coming

The American Centrifuge technology, above, at the Piketon uranium enrichment facility, will be joined by another large-scale project, according to USEC officials.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Piketon, OH, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Governors, USEC, Mining

CBC

Sask. forest fire burns near major uranium facility

A large forest fire is burning in northern Saskatchewan about six kilometres away from a major uranium milling site.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Canada, Mining, Cameco

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Dayton Daily News

Nuclear power plant planned for Piketon

A coalition of energy companies will announce plans Thursday to build a new nuclear power plant on the site of the Department of Energy's Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, and negotiations for a second plant are underway, according to a source close to the negotiations.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Piketon, OH, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jean Schmidt, George Voinovich, US Senate, USEC, Mining

Mon Jun 15, 2009

CBC News

Mongolian government suspends Centerra Gold's Boroo mine operating licence

Centerra Gold Inc. says its operating licence for the Boroo mine in Mongolia has been suspended for up to three months after a report from a government inspection agency that visited the mine site.

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Related Topix: Mining, Cameco, Business News

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Philadelphia Business Journal

Keystone Findings closing Telford plant

Keystone Findings Inc. , a manufacturer of ring settings, wedding bands and other jewelry-related items, has been bought by Hoover & Strong Inc.

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Related Topix: Telford, PA, Mining

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Bloomberg.com

Centerra Gold Says Mongolia Suspended Boroo Mining Permit For Three Months

Centerra Gold Inc. , the gold producer controlled by Cameco Corp. , said the Mongolian government temporarily suspended operating permits for the companya s Boroo mine and may revoke them after a review.

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Related Topix: Cameco, Mining

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Market Wire

Centerra Gold Announces Closing of New Kumtor Agreement

Centerra Gold Inc. announced today the closing of all transactions under the Agreement on New Terms between Centerra, the government of the Kyrgyz Republic and Cameco Corporation, the details of which were disclosed by the Company on April 24, 2009.

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Related Topix: Cameco, Mining

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