Cameco

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Cameco Corporation
Image:Cameco-logo.png
Type Public (TSX: CCO) (NYSE: CCJ)
Founded
Headquarters Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Key people Victor Zaleschuk - Chairman
Industry Uranium
Products Engineering firm
Revenue $1.3 billion USD
Website http://www.cameco.com/


Cameco Corp. TSX: CCO NYSE: CCJ is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was formed in 1988 by the merger and privatization of two crown corporations: the federal owned Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited (known better as Eldorado Nuclear later on) and Saskatchewan-based Saskatchewan Mining Development Corp (SMDC).

Cameco operates, either alone or jointly, several Uranium mines in Saskatchewan, a Uranium Refinery, and a Uranium Conversion Facility, both located in Ontario.

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Current members of the board of directors of Cameco Corporation are: John Auston, Joe Colvin, Harry Cook, James R. Curtiss, George Dembroski, Gerald Grandey, Nancy E. Hopkins, Oyvind Hushovd, George Ivany, Neil McMillan, Robert Peterson, and Victor Zaleschuk.

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