Both are named after a Greek God, Uranus (mythology) who was a personification of Sky. He was the father of Saturn who inturn fathered Jupiter according to Greek Mythology. read more
In 1789, a German chemist named Martin Klaproth isolated uranium oxide from pitchblende. At the time, he referred to it as "a strange kind of half metal". In a presentation to the Berlin Academy of Sciences on 24 September 1789, he suggested that the new element be called "uran", which later became "uranium". read more
Last week, I wrote about the relationship between gold prices and uranium prices, and how looking at it a certain way there might be a bearish message for uranium prices. I received a few emails, first notifying me that you actually can trade uranium on the Toronto exchange, under the symbol U.TO. read more