Western Australia's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has recommended that the state's first uranium mine, Toro Energy's Wiluna, be allowed to go ahead.

Peninsula Energy Ltd has announced its formal decision to mine uranium at the Lance Project in Wyoming following a 24.3% increase in total uranium resources.

Legal actions concerning uranium projects in South Australia have concluded with very different outcomes for the two projects concerned. Meanwhile, the government of New South Wales is taking steps to allow uranium exploration in the state.

Talvivaara's plans to produce by-product uranium in Finland have taken a step nearer to licensing with the release of a positive opinion on the uranium recovery process from the European Commission, while Finnish regulators have found the radiation risks from the operation to be low.

The Governor of Virginia has called on the state's General Assembly not to take any action this year on lifting the state's 30-year moratorium on uranium mining, allowing further studies to be conducted before a decision is made.

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.

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.

International best practice could help the state of Virginia to overcome "steep hurdles" if a 30-year moratorium on uranium mining is lifted, a major independent study has concluded.

Litigation concerning the native title mining agreement for the Four Mile uranium project in South Australia looks to have been settled, removing a major barrier to the issue of a mining lease for the property.

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.

Namibia's Ministry of Mines and Energy has informed Extract Resources that it is prepared to grant the company's Swakop Uranium subsidiary a mining licence for the Husab uranium project. All necessary permits have now been received for development of the project to begin.

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.