Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy and China General Nuclear Power Group have signed a letter of intent to cooperate on energy transition efforts, sustainability "and the peaceful and sustainable use of nuclear mineral resources in Brazil".

France's Orano and Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom and their Katco joint venture have announced the full implementation of operations at the South Tortkuduk uranium mining site.

Australian mineral company Aura Energy and Neu Horizon Uranium Limited plan to enter into a strategic collaboration agreement to develop Sweden's uranium resources should the country remove its prohibition on uranium mining.

Norwegian nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft is to cooperate with Aurum Green Energy, a private company exploring for uranium resources in Norway. Meanwhile, Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning has selected Amentum for the next phase of Norway's nuclear clean-up programme.

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev has said the USA continues to buy enriched uranium from Russia and "in the context of the ongoing negotiations between the US and the Russian Federation ... we can expand the agenda of this cooperation".

The Canadian province has updated its critical minerals list to include uranium and issued a request for proposals for uranium exploration and research in areas with known uranium deposits after repealing legislation that banned uranium exploration and mining.

A seven-year agreement to supply natural uranium concentrate for the Czech Republic's ČEZ is described by Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom as "a significant expansion of its presence in Europe".

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.