CANADIAN URANIUM MINERS STRUGGLE TO SECURE REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR EXTRACTION
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GLOBAL market for uranium is booming as climate change gives the nuclear power sector a new lease of life, but given this element's intrinsic environmental health difficulties, regulatory obstacles for mining companies can be tough.
Maybe nowhere is this more apparent than in the world's largest uranium producer, Canada: uranium miners' safety measures have to be doubly secure, lest public opinion prevents work starting in the first place.
For uranium deposits are scattered across Canada, from coast to coast. And, as in many countries, in ...
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