DENISON MINES CORP.
-
Canadian Uranium Company Finds a Foreign Owner
By Mike Thiessen - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: CCO, DML, UUU
Well-known Canadian uranium miner, Uranium One (TSX: UUU), is in advanced takeover talks with state-owned Russian mining giant ARMZ. Already in control of about 51% of the company, the Russian firm has expressed interest in taking a 100% stake in Uranium One in a deal valued at about $1.3 billion.
Thanks to a deep downturn in the uranium market after the Japanese nuclear-plant disaster in early 2011, Uranium One more »
-
Eventually Molten Salt Reactors Will Boost Uranium Miners
By Joshua Bondy - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: CCJ, DML, URA
Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are commonly viewed as negative force for traditional uranium miners. Their ability to use waste from conventional reactors will create a number of power plants that do not need new supplies of uranium. It is important to analyze the situation from an industry perspective and look at the potential synergies between traditional plants and MSRs. These synergies can help to ease the worries of regulators, support more »
-
Ignore Uninformed PR, Examine the Facts about Uranium
By Joshua Bondy - January 8, 2013 | Tickers: CCJ, DML, URA, UEC
Nuclear energy is a highly contentious issue and it is easy to get wrapped up in the latest political discussion. Human beings use the availability heuristic to place greater importance on recent events discarding older and harder to remember information. Japan acted in a similar fashion when following Fukushima they stated they were ready to phase out all nuclear power. With the fading of Fukushima into the history books LNG more »
-
Will Adoption Ruling Be a Foreshadowing for Nuclear Decision With U.S.?
By John Licata - January 8, 2013 | Tickers: CCJ, DML, URA, UUU, USU
Editor's Note: The original article incorrectly stated Uranium usage the U.S. produces. This version has been corrected.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has been targeting his country’s use of nuclear power to grow 25% by 2030 from roughly 16% of total electricity production (present Russian nuclear capacity is 24GW). That nuclear power forecast number may prove to be conservative since Russia may speed the retirement of older nuclear more »
-
Invest in this Strong Uranium Miner
By Joshua Bondy - October 8, 2012 | Tickers: CCJ, DML, URZ
Rising prices are born from simple situations where demand is greater than supply. Uranium miners will experience such a market based on supply and demand trends. Finding great industries with increasing demand, large barriers to entry, and long lead times for new production is not a simple feat. Warren Buffett makes it clear that companies with sustainable advantages provide superior security and returns. Not all uranium miners are the same more »
-
3 Nuclear Stocks That Radiate Profit
By Karen Rogers - August 30, 2012 | Tickers: CCJ, DML, BWC
Lost in the daily drama of oil shortages and rising gasoline prices is the shadow world of nuclear energy. But with 433 nuclear reactors in operation worldwide and 65 more currently under construction, the use, if not the popularity, of nuclear energy continues to grow.
Since 1867, Babcock & Wilcox (NYSE: BWC) has been designing, constructing and managing energy-producing facilities. The company manufactures nuclear components for the U.S. military, constructs more »
-
Headline Investing
By Stephen Benz - June 8, 2012 | Tickers: CCJ, DML, GE
On March 11, 2011, the world watched in horror as the island nation of Japan was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The destruction to the country's coastline by the ocean's wrath was incredible, but this quickly fell into background noise as our attention was grabbed by the partial nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima power plant. In the course of a few weeks more »