Forty years of uranium resources production and demand in perspective : the red book retrospective The biannual Uranium Resources Production and Demand also known as the Red Book was first published in 1965 and has since grown to be a recognised world reference on uranium. Over the 40 years of its existence the Red Book has collected an impressive quantity of official data supplied by governments. This Red Book retrospective was undertaken to collect collate analyse and publish all of the key information collected in the 20 editions of the Red Book published between 1965 and 2004. Additionally every effort has been made to fill in gaps in the record to provide the most complete and exhaustive information possible.