CNBC produced a video report on uranium mining, e.g., from surface mines, underground mines, and in-situ uranium operations. Once a leading producer of uranium in the world, U.S. production of the mineral has fallen off a cliff years ago because of low prices and the cheap supplies from Russia and Kazakhstan. 
Graphic from: https://www.hanfordchallenge.org/uranium-mining A decidedly anti-nuclear article
emphasizing the involvement of the First Nations peoples around the world and conflating the creation
of nuclear weapons with later nuclear power for generating a stable supply of electricity, but see (more).
But that’s changing now, quickly. Domestic mining of uranium, which is primarily used as a fuel for nuclear reactors, is picking back up thanks to a ballooning future demand for electricity needed to power energy hungry AI models. CNBC spoke to two uranium mining company executives, of Ur-Energy and of Energy Fuels, about how they are working to ramp up domestic production of uranium and the challenges they face in doing so.
For additional recent information on uranium mining, see (more).
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