for other uses see cameco disambiguation . cameco corporation type public traded as tsx cco nyse ccj s & p tsx 60 component industry mining energy predecessor eldorado nuclear limited saskatchewan mining development corporation founded 1988 headquarters saskatoon saskatchewan canada key people neil mcmillan chairman tim gitzel president & ceo products uranium electricity revenue 2.438 billion cad 2013 1 number of employees 3 300 globally 2010 website http www.cameco.com cameco corporation is the world s largest publicly traded uranium company based in saskatoon saskatchewan . in 2012 it was the world s second largest uranium producer accounting for 16 % of world production . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 corporate governance 4 in the news 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit cameco canadian mining and energy corporation was formed in 1988 by the merger and privatization of two crown corporations the federally owned eldorado nuclear limited known previously as eldorado mining and refining limited and saskatchewan based saskatchewan mining development corporation smdc . the name was later shortened to cameco corporation . the new company was initially owned 62 % by the provincial government and 38 % by the federal government . the initial public offering ipo for 20 % of the company was conducted in july 1991 . government ownership of the company decreased over the next eleven years with full privatization occurring in february 2002 . in 1996 cameco acquired power resources inc. the largest uranium producer in the united states . this was followed in 1998 by the acquisition of canadian based uranerz exploration and mining limited and uranerz u.s.a. inc. in 2012 it acquired a nuclear fuel intermediary nukem energy . 3 operations edit head office cameco operates several uranium mines in north america and kazakhstan including mcarthur river the world s largest high grade uranium deposit and mine and cigar lake the world s largest undeveloped high grade uranium deposit both in saskatchewan . other operations in saskatchewan include a mine and mill at rabbit lake and a mill at key lake . in the united states cameco operates uranium mines in the states of nebraska and wyoming through its us subsidiary cameco resources inc. cameco resources was formed in 2007 through a restructuring of two wholly owned subsidiaries power resources inc. wyoming and crowe butte resources inc. nebraska . in the province of ontario cameco operates a uranium refinery in blind river and a uranium conversion facility in port hope which has faced opposition from some community groups . 4 5 through the bruce power limited partnership bplp cameco also participates in nuclear power generation in the province . in 2004 cameco spun off its gold mining operations in kyrgyzstan mongolia and the usa to a newly formed public company centerra gold . cameco divested its remaining interest in centerra on december 30 2009 . 6 mines producing name location mcarthur river saskatchewan canada eagle point rabbit lake saskatchewan canada smith ranch highland wyoming united states crow butte nebraska united states inkai kazakhstan cigar lake saskatchewan canada mills name location key lake saskatchewan canada rabbit lake saskatchewan canada fuel production name location port hope conversion facility ontario canada blind river refinery ontario canada power generation name location bruce power ontario canada corporate governance edit current 2014 members of the board of directors of cameco corporation are a. neil mcmillan chair ian bruce daniel camus john h. clappison joe f. colvin james r. curtiss donald h. f. deranger catherine gignac tim s. gitzel james k. gowans nancy e. hopkins a. anne mclellan a. neil mcmillan victor j. zaleschuk in the news edit in january 2011 cameco participated in the clean up of a ship board uranium concentrate spill on the mcp altona that had occurred on december 23 2010 . 7 in 2011 cameco signed an agreement with talvivaara mining company whereby cameco would pay us 60 million to construct a uranium extraction circuit at the talvivaara nickel zinc mine in sotkamo . talvivaara would then pay back the initial construction costs in the form of uranium concentrate ; once the initial costs were paid cameco would continue to purchase the uranium concentrate at a pricing formula based on market price on the day of delivery . 8 see also edit companies portal energy portal uranium uranium participation corporation uranium mining nuclear power anti nuclear movement in canada world uranium hearing nuclear power in canada references edit 2013 annual report . cameco corporation . world uranium mining . world nuclear association . may 2015 . retrieved 2016 04 26 . cameco to buy nukem energy . world nuclear news . 2012 05 14 . retrieved 2012 05 15 . port hope community health concerns committee port hope families against radiation exposure cameco announces completion of centerra common share sale . retrieved 2010 02 01 . cupdate jan. 24 uranium ship out of stuart channel . bc local news . retrieved 2011 02 12 . cameco logs net earnings of 207 million in q4 on 673 in revenue . canadian press . retrieved 2011 02 12 . external links edit cameco s official site v t e s & p tsx 60 companies of canada february 22 2016 agnico eagle mines agrium arc resources bank of montreal barrick gold bce inc. blackberry bombardier brookfield asset management cameco canadian imperial bank of commerce canadian national canadian natural resources canadian pacific canadian tire cenovus energy cgi group constellation software couche tard crescent point energy dollarama eldorado gold emera enbridge encana first quantum minerals franco nevada fortis inc. gildan goldcorp husky energy imperial oil inter pipeline kinross gold loblaw companies magna international manulife financial metro national bank of canada pembina pipeline potashcorp power corporation restaurant brands international rogers communications royal bank of canada saputo scotiabank shaw communications silver wheaton snc lavalin sun life financial suncor energy teck telus thomson reuters toronto dominion bank transcanada valeant weston yamana gold v t e corporations based in saskatoon crown corporations saskatoon light & power publicly traded corporations cameco international road dynamics potash corporation of saskatchewan star uranium united uranium private corporations areva resources canada canpotex crestline coach dynaventure farmers of north america first nations bank of canada guardian biotechnologies great western brewing company hitachi canadian industries il therapeutics prairie plant systems pronto airways qa technologies robin hood flour siemens transportation group sed systems west wind aviation yanke group yourlink co operatives affinity credit union concentra financial federated co operatives saskatoon co op tcu financial group authority control worldcat identities viaf 126602288 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cameco & oldid 743179704 categories s & p tsx 60 indexs & p tsx composite indexcompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies listed on the toronto stock exchangenuclear fuel companiesuranium mining companies of canadacompanies based in saskatoonnuclear technology in canadamineral explorationhidden categories wikipedia articles with viaf identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch fran ais suomi edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 09 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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