Cameco is breaking ground on new ways to mine uranium

Photo by Cameco Corp. Cameco’s Cigar Lake is the only mine in the world using the jet boring method. About half of the ore mined by the Canadian nuclear fuel giant is now extracted using automation and AI

Michael Joel-Hansen

Regina Leader-Post

Many countries around the world are looking to build out their capacity for nuclear power as they try to reduce their carbon emissions, which has created an increased demand for uranium.But the market for uranium has also been undergoing some major changes due to sanctions on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine. There have been quite a few changes on the operations front, too.For example, Saskatoon-based uranium miner Cameco Corp. is undergoing a major evolution in the way it extracts the heavy metal. Lloyd Rowson, vice-president of technical services, said the best example of this change can be seen at the Cigar Lake mine, which began […]

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