Tag: Pinyon Plain Mine
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Navajo Nation and Colorado uranium mining company agree on ore transport plan
The Navajo Nation has come to terms with the prospect of renewed shipments of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain mine in northern Arizona through its lands on the way to the last uranium mill in the United States near Blanding, Utah. Two shipments of ore by Lakewood-based Energy Fuels Inc. from the mine on June…
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Navajo president issues order blocking transportation of uranium ore through the Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation tribal President Buu Nygren issued an executive order banning the transportation of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine through reservation property in Arizona. This order follows an appeal sent to President Joe Biden in May asking him to prohibit ore hauling through the reservation, as well as a 2012 law passed by…