No known intelligence that Iran moved uranium, US defense chief says
- 27-Jun-2025
WASHINGTON: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from U.S. strikes, amid continuing questions about the state of Iran’s nuclear program. U.S. military bombers carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities early Sunday local […]
Trump’s nuclear energy orders would boost uranium prices, investments
- 27-May-2025
President Donald Trump’s latest orders seeking to revitalize the U.S. nuclear energy industry could pull the uranium market out of its current lull and boost investor interest, industry experts said. Spot uranium prices have fallen about 30% from peaks hit in 2023 as institutional investors pulled out, spooked by recession fears and geopolitical instability. The […]
Saudi Arabia plans to enrich and sell uranium
- 13-Jan-2025
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia plans to monetize all minerals, including by selling uranium, Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday. “We will enrich it and we will sell it and we will do a ‘yellowcake,'” Prince Abdulaziz told a conference in Dhahran, referring to a powdered concentrate of the mineral used to prepare […]
US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine
- 02-Sep-2023
The Biden administration will for the first time send controversial armor-piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine, according to a document seen by Reuters and separately confirmed by two U.S. officials. The rounds, which could help destroy Russian tanks, are part of a new military aid package for Ukraine set to be unveiled in the […]
Strange fact about Niger revealed by World Nuclear Association
- 31-Jul-2023
Niger military officers said on Friday they had suspended the constitution and dissolved all institutions after overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum. Niger is the world’s seventh-biggest producer of uranium, according to the World Nuclear Association (WNA). The radioactive metal is the most widely used fuel for nuclear energy. It is also used in treating cancer, for naval […]
Iran denies enriching uranium above 60%: IRNA
- 20-Feb-2023
Iran has denied reports that it has enriched uranium to 84% purity, which is close to weapons grade. The Islamic Republic has been enriching uranium to up to 60% purity since April 2021. Three months ago it started enriching to that level at a second site, Fordow, which is dug into a mountain. Weapons grade […]
Pakistan denies UK media reports about Uranium package
- 12-Jan-2023
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday rejected UK media reports that a uranium package seized at London’s Heathrow Airport came from Pakistan. According to the FO spokeswoman, the reports were “not factual”. On Wednesday, the British police revealed that a “very small quantity” of uranium was detected in a package that arrived at Heathrow […]
Iran says starts enriching uranium to 60% at Fordo plant
- 22-Nov-2022
TEHRAN: Iran has begun producing uranium enriched to 60 percent at its Fordo plant, which was reopened in 2019 amid the breakdown of a nuclear agreement with major powers, reports said Tuesday. “Iran has started producing uranium enriched to 60 percent at the Fordo plant for the first time,” Iran’s ISNA news agency reported. An […]
Seven held with 6kg of uranium in India
- 04-Jun-2021
In second such incident with a month, Indian police on Thursday arrested seven people for possessing and planning to sell uranium from the country's Jharkhand state
Pakistan voices ‘serious concern’ over uranium seizure in India
- 08-May-2021
The Foreign Office says security of nuclear materials should be the top priority for all countries