Uranium transport to Utah across Navajo Nation will resume

Uranium transport to Utah across the Navajo Nation will resume after agreement struck with tribe
The Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels Inc., the owner of the White Mesa Mill in Blanding, have reached an agreement for the future transport of uranium ore across the reservation into Utah.
Shipments of uranium ore can resume under agreement reached with the Navajo Nation
Shipments of uranium ore from a revived mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon are expected to resume in February after the Navajo Nation reached a settlement with the mining company, clearing the way for trucks to transport the ore across the largest Native American reservation in the U.
After uranium transport deal, Navajo Nation says negotiations were best way to avoid legal battle
A Navajo Nation official said the agreement with the company, which began the transports over objections by the tribe and local governments last year, was in in the tribe's "best interest" instead of a legal battle.
Agreement paves the way for uranium ore shipments through Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation officials have agreed to allow shipments of uranium ore to again cross the reservation. It comes after tribal leaders threatened to turn back trucks hauling ore from a mine near the Grand Canyon last summer.
Energy Fuels, Navajo Nation Reach Deal on Uranium Transport
Energy Fuels said it has reached a deal that would allow the transport of uranium ore through the Navajo Nation, resolving a dispute months after the shipments were halted. The Denver company said Wednesday that the agreement would allow it to transport ore from its Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona to its White Mesa Mill in southern Utah.
Uranium transport will resume through Navajo Nation in February
Colorado-based Energy Fuels will enhance some of its safety standards for shipping uranium from its mine near Grand Canyon National Park through the Navajo Nation, to its processing plant in southern Utah.
Energy Fuels and Navajo Nation sign uranium ore transport agreement
Miner Energy Fuels said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement for uranium ore transport and abandoned mine cleanup with Navajo Nation.
Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels reach agreement on uranium ore transport, cleanup efforts
Navajo Nation executive order prohibiting the transport of uranium ore through the Nation expires, an agreement between Energy Fuels Inc. and the Nation was signed.
Energy Fuels, Navajo Nation sign deal on uranium ore transport, abandoned mine cleanup
Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) said Wednesday it signed an agreement governing the transport of uranium ore along federal and state highways crossing the Navajo Nation, and said ore transport from Energy Fuels' Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona to its White Mesa Mill in Utah is now expected to resume in February.
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