A China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company (CGNPC) subsidiary has taken a further step towards purchasing the Husab uranium project in Namibia.

US senators, congressmen, mining companies and nuclear industry representatives have criticised a final decision to ban new uranium mining on land near the Grand Canyon for the next 20 years.

Rio Tinto has taken up some 93.76% of the common shares of Canadian uranium exploration company Hathor and will now purchase all the remaining shares through a compulsory acquisition under Canadian law. London-based Rio Tinto's announcement marks the beginning of the end of an acquisition battle which saw Hathor shareholders reject an unsolicited bid from Canadian uranium mining company Cameco in favour of Rio Tinto's offer. The acquisition will add Hathor's Athabasca Basin exploration properties in northern Saskatchewan, including the Roughrider deposit with an estimated 17.2 million pounds U₃O₈ (6600 tU) in indicated resources and 40.7 million pounds U₃O₈ (15,650 tU) in inferred resources, to Rio's existing Canadian non-uranium mining and manufacturing interests.

Uranium Energy Corp has now obtained all the permits needed to proceed with development of its Goliad in-situ leach uranium project in South Texas.

A major stake in one of the world's largest uranium projects has been secured by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) after an agreement on a cash buyout of Kalahari Minerals.

Tournigan Energy is acquiring uranium assets in Sweden and Finland, has forged an alliance to advance work on its Slovakian interests and announced a name change.

The government of Greenland has opened a door to possible future uranium production by agreeing to include radioactive materials in an exploration licence covering the Kvanefjeld rare earth element project.

BHP Billiton has received environmental approval from the federal and South Australian governments for an expansion of its Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine - but under strict conditions.