Uranium transport to Utah across Navajo Nation will resume

Uranium ore shipments will resume after Navajo Nation, Energy Fuels reach agreement
The agreement that will allow the mining company to ship ore from its mine near the Grand Canyon to a mill in Utah.
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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
The Navajo Nation has reached a settlement with a mining company that clears the way for transportation of uranium ore across the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. The agreement announced Wednesday settles a dispute over trucking ore from a mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon to a mill site in 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.
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