JSC Dalur, part of Rosatom, has completed construction and commissioning of facilities at the pilot industrial site and shipped the first batch of uranium product from the Dobrovolnoye deposit in the Kurgan region of Russia.

The trend of declining uranium exploration and mine development expenditure has been reversed - but substantial investment in new mining projects will be essential to meet nuclear power generation projections to 2050 and beyond, according to the latest edition of the key OECD/IAEA joint report.

Jordan is working on a feasibility study that will support its efforts to secure funding for commercial-scale uranium mining, according to the head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission's investment arm.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has signed two agreements to collaborate with Kazakhstan on the utilisation of uranium resources dissolved in seawater and groundwater.

Legislation has been introduced in the parliament of Nova Scotia calling for the end of a ban on uranium exploration and mining in the Canadian province. However, if passed, it would only allow government research on uranium resources within the province.

Kazakhstan's national atomic company Kazatomprom has signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with Jordan Uranium Mining Company.

GoviEx Uranium is forecasting production from the Muntanga project in 2028, and envisages a quick start-up from shallow open-pit mining operations.

Uranium production at the Kazatomprom-Cameco operation was suspended on 1 January but has now resumed, the joint venture partners have announced.

An initial assessment technical report summary that includes an economic analysis and mineral resource estimate for Uranium Energy Corp's project in Northern Saskatchewan envisages production of 61.2 million pounds U3O8 (23,540 tU) over nine years of underground operations.