ADRIAN SKABELUND Sun Staff Reporter, Jan 13, 2024, https://azdailysun.com/news/local/tribes-condemn-start-of-uranium-mining-at-pinyon-plain-mine-south-of-grand-canyon/article 13efb3b0-b16a-11ee-973a-c789810e105e.html Two northern Arizona tribes this week condemned the start of operations at a uranium mine just south of the Grand Canyon. The statements came after Denver-based company Energy Fuels Inc. announced last month that operations at its Pinyon Plain Mine had commenced. “It is with heavy hearts…
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. After decades of litigation and challenges by tribes and environmental groups, Pinyon Plain Mine, a uranium mine located approximately 6 miles from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, has begun production.