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Show AEC Opens New Ore-Buying Moab Station Uranium miners who have been stockpiling ore at Moab, Utah, got good news in January with the announcement by the Atomic Energy Commission that a new uranium ore-buying station and sampl. ing plant was ready for Feb. 1 opening. Although a provisional buying station had been operated at Moab since May, 1954, it did not have the capacity to handle all the ore being mined in the area, with the result that a tremendous amount was stockpiled, awaiting the opening of the sampler. Until uranium ore Is sampled and its per cent U308 determined, miners cannot be paid for their efforts. The AEC said that "ore which has been accumulated on a provisional basis will be mechanically sampled in the new plant and final settlement made with the seller." Establishment of a buying schedule for the plant was announced by Sheldon P. Wiropfen, manager of the Grand Junction operations office of the AEC. American Smelting and Refining Co. is operating the new Moab station for the commission. |