Fight Over Uranium in the Navajo Nation

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.
No uranium-specific emergency plan exists for Navajo Nation as shipments loom
Uranium has long been a concern for the Navajo Nation due to the history of mining, which has deeply impacted the land and community since the 1940s. The Arizona Mirror traveled the 320-mile route that uranium ore will travel from the Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon to a mill near Blanding,
A Uranium Mine, the Navajo Nation and a Six-Month Standoff
Holder: Pinyon Plain, the uranium mine that produced the ore at the heart of this standoff, sits a few miles from the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Bloomberg's Jacob Lorinc went to see it.
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.
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.
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.
Ute Mountain Ute reps dismayed after Navajo Nation, Energy Fuels reach accord on uranium ore
Representatives from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe expressed concern after Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels officials reached an accord on transport of uranium ore.
Uranium shipments to resume in protected Grand Canyon areas after Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels finalize deal
Despite a federal ruling rejecting a motion to remove protections on land in near the Grand Canyon, an agreement between Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels will allow the company to resume uranium mining and shipments in February.
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.
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