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Preparations begin for mining at Sokmato following feasibility study 2013 aerial viuew of the Talvivaara mine in Sotkamo in northeast Finland. Courtesy Antti Lankinen/Wiimedia. Finnish mining company Terrafame plans to start recovering natural uranium as a by-product of zinc and nickel production at its Talvivaara mine in Sotkamo in the northeast of the country by the summer of 2024 with the aim of using it for nuclear power plants.

The state-owned company said it has completed a feasibility study related to uranium recovery and has decided to start preparing operations for uranium recovery.

Terrafame said its production process enables the low concentration of natural uranium found in the ore to be used as a by-product.

The company has a uranium recovery plant which is being prepared for operational use.

The preparations will require investments of approximately €20m ($21m) with the plant expected to operate at full capacity of around 200 tonnes a year in 2026.

Date: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/state-company-plans-uranium-recovery-for-use-in-nuclear-power-plants-1-2-2023

Finnish mining company Terrafame plans to start recovering natural uranium as a byproduct of zinc and nickel production at its Sotkamo mine in the north-east of the country by the summer of 2024.

Date: Thursday, 22 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Terrafame-to-begin-producing-uranium-in-2024

The government of Finland has granted a uranium recovery permit to Terrafame for uranium production as a byproduct of zinc and nickel production at its Sotkamo mine in the north-east of the country. The process of preparing the uranium recovery plant ready for use will take about a year, Terrafame said today. However, as the government decision can be appealed through Finland's Supreme Administrative Court, the company estimates it will take about two years for the permit to have legal force.

Date: Friday, 07 February 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Finnish-government-grants-uranium-recovery-permit

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