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India expects first uranium shipment from Australia by March

India is in talks to get its first shipment of uranium from Australia by March, highlighting the south Asian nation’s push to secure supplies of a key component of its clean-energy strategy.

India is seeking to buy as much as 1 500 t of the atomic fuel over five years and expects its first shipment of about 250 t in around eight months, if they agree on prices, Sekhar Basu, secretary at the Department of Atomic Energy, said in a phone interview.