| 2009 |
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| 2008 |
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| 2007 |
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| 2006 |
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| 2005 |
- Cameco negotiates a toll-processing agreement with British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL) to secure 5 million kgU of additional conversion services from BNFL's Springfields plant in the United Kingdom.
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| 2004 |
- Cameco creates Centerra Gold and consolidates gold assets.
- Cameco announces development of uranium mine at Inkai, Kazakhstan.
- Cameco decides to proceed with construction of a new mine at Cigar Lake in northern Saskatchewan.
- Cameco announces a three-for-one share split and increases its annual cash dividend.
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| 2003 |
- Cameco receives ISO 14001 Certification for McArthur River
and Cigar Lake.
- Gerald Grandey is appointed chief executive officer of Cameco.
- Cameco appoints Victor Zaleschuk as the new board chair.
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| 2002 |
- All of Cameco's common shares are publicly traded after the government of Saskatchewan sells its remaining 10% ownership in February.
- Cameco increases its stake in Bruce Power to 31.6%.
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| 2001 |
- Cameco expands its interest in the nuclear industry by acquiring
15% of Bruce
Power, the limited partnership formed to lease the Bruce
reactors in Ontario.
- Cameco announces that reserves at McArthur River increased by more than 50%.
- The McArthur River/Key Lake uranium operations achieve full
production of 18 million pounds.
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| 2000 |
- The McArthur River mine achieves commercial production in November 2000 and becomes the world's largest high-grade uranium mine.
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| 1999 |
- Cameco signs an agreement for the purchase of natural uranium
derived from highly
enriched uranium (HEU) contained in dismantled Russian nuclear
weapons.
- Cameco sells a 14% interest in McArthur River and 17% in
Key Lake to Cogema
Resources Inc. Cameco begins mining at McArthur
River, the world's largest high-grade uranium mine.
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| 1998 |
- Cameco acquires Canadian-based Uranerz Exploration and Mining Limited and Uranerz U.S.A., Inc.,
increasing its reserves and resources and production levels
by about 30%.
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| 1997 |
- Kumtor gold operation in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, owned one-third by Cameco, achieves commercial production.
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| 1996 |
- Cameco shares begin trading on the New
York Stock Exchange.
- Cameco Gold is formed
as a subsidiary of Cameco to conduct the company's gold business.
- Cameco purchases Power
Resources, Inc., the largest uranium producer in the United
States, increasing its reserves and resources by 10%.
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| 1991 |
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| 1990 |
- Cameco sells a one-third interest in the Rabbit Lake operation to Uranerz Exploration and Mining Limited in order to reduce debt.
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| 1988 |
- Cameco is created by the merger of two Crown corporations—Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation and Eldorado Nuclear Limited.
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