The Mongolian government must pay Khan Resources $100 million in compensation for its 2009 cancellation of the company's uranium licences, an international arbitration tribunal has ruled.

The state of Wyoming will regulate its own uranium industry following legislation that allows it to apply to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to become an Agreement State.

Environmental regulators in Western Australia have approved the environmental scoping document for an extension of Toro Energy's proposed Wiluna uranium project, clearing the way for a public environmental review later this year.

Anatolia Energy expects to start full-scale development at Temrezli before the end of 2015 after a pre-feasibility study revealed better-than-expected economics for the high-grade uranium project in eastern Turkey.

Ur-Energy envisages operating Shirley Basin as a commercial satellite in situ leach (ISL) operation, processing the uranium at its existing facilities at Lost Creek after completion of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the Wyoming project.

Strateco Resources has launched a claim for damages of nearly CAD190 million ($164 million) against the government of Quebec for the loss of its investments in the Matoush uranium project following the province's decisions to place a moratorium on uranium development and deny authorisation for advanced underground exploration.

With a mandate to disseminate objective scientific, technical and regulatory information to the public, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) goes to great lengths to ensure that it is being open and transparent in all of its dealings, writes Jason Cameron, vice-president, Regulatory Affairs Branch, CNSC.

Cameco is planning to double the production rate of its proposed Yeelirrie uranium project in Western Australia, and has referred its proposal for regulatory approval.

Updated figures for Uranium Energy Corp's Burke Hollow project in South Texas see inferred resources increase by 77% to 5.12 million pounds U3O8 (1969 tU) at an average grade of 0.09% U3O8.

Mining is expected to begin at Brazil's Engenho uranium deposit next year, according to front-end fuel cycle company Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil. A licence application for the mine is currently before the national regulator.

A legal ruling upholding a 20-year withdrawal of lands near the Grand Canyon from uranium mining ignores evidence on environmental risks and questions the legitimacy of the environmental impact statement process, according to the USA's National Mining Association.

Public perception of uranium mining is largely based on the poor, unregulated practices of the industry's earliest days. But the industry has learned from its past, and modern practices and regulatory regimes have transformed uranium mining into one of the most highly regulated and safest forms of mining in the world today, writes Robert Vance.