About 300 workers, including mine staff and contractor employees, picketed at Langer Heinrich Uranium (LHU) mine last Thursday over pay and treatment by their employer.

Somair is the fourth largest uranium mine worldwide.

Officials claim the start of the project is not clear.

World oil production rose about 2.5% last year, from 4,019 million tonnes in 2011 to 4,119 million tonnes in 2012.

Local activists are protesting the Peruvian judicial system, the local district attorney and the state police force.

Customers and mining companies are skeptical about the implementation.

IntierraRMG report says gold exploration activity has been trending downward for more than a year.

Long-term development indicators for the nuclear power industry remain strong.

Billionaire Alexander Nesis, state-owned Rostec reach $1bn deal to develop world's largest rare earth deposit and take control of Russia's REE stockpiles.

The future mine has at least 142,000 tonnes of uranium resources in-situ.

The company reported 50,000 tonnes of uranium in inferred resources.

Despite a mining licence for the Zhonghe project being issued in Nov. 2012, there have not been any compulsory public discussions.