US-based Energy Fuels said on Thursday (21 December) it had started production at three of its permitted and developed uranium mines in Arizona and Utah, encouraged by higher prices of the heavy metal.
The company is also preparing two more mines in Colorado and Wyoming for expected production within a year and advancing permitting on several other large-scale US mine projects to increase uranium production in the coming years.
The three mines where production has started are Pinyon Plain, La Sal and Pandora. The two mines being prepared for production are Whirlwind and Nichols Ranch.