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Article: BLM Okays Energy Fuels' Whirlwind Mine
- Article from:
- Engineering and Mining Journal
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Mining Media, Inc. Nov 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Energy Fuels Inc. reported that the Moab and Grand Junction field offices of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management jointly have issued a Record of Decision with a Finding of No Significant Impact for its Whirlwind mine, which has surface facilities in Mesa County, Colorado, and additional mining claims in Grand County, Utah. The decision enables Energy Fuels to implement its Plan of Operations for the mine, which provides for production of up to 200 st/d of uranium-bearing material and all approved and necessary surface disturbance.
Mine production at this level would result in 250,000 lb/y of U^sub 3^O^sub 8^ production. Additionally, this mine tonnage would generate about 1 million lb/y of ...