Cameco, one of the world’s largest publicly traded uranium companies, will be suspending operations at its facilities in Ontario due to “increasing” challenges of maintaining an adequate workforce as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
In a company statement issued Wednesday, Cameco said its uranium hexafluoride (UF6) plant at the Port Hope conversion facility and the uranium trioxide (UO3) refinery in Blind River will both be temporarily suspended.
Where possible, maintenance work scheduled for the summer will be advanced, Cameco stated. In Port Hope, within the “coming days” the facility will be placed in a “temporary safe shutdown” for four weeks, the company said.