In the present review first the magnetic properties of the actinide metals are presented with a special emphasis on the uranium. Then the reason for starting the research on the uranium compounds in Wrocław is given together with a brief description of the magnetic properties of the binary compounds. The comparison with the rare-earth ternaries illustrates the difficulties in interpretation of the physical measurements of the uranium intermetallics in which the uranium as well as the transition metal atoms contribute to the magnetic ordering. Further, we present the features which could indicate the true contribution of both partners. However, we also stress that some of the properties which seem to prove the magnetic order on the uranium atom could result from particular crystal or band structure.PACS numbers: 75.30. Cr, 75.30.Gw, 75.50.Cc, Actinide metals form the last known family in the periodic table of the elements. Majority of them have been obtained artificially in the nuclear reactions. Although their identity results from the development of the 5f shell, the similarity to other f electron family (lanthanides) is limited to the heavier representatives of the 5f group. The lighter actinides are very much like anomalous lanthanides, e.g. Ce, and particularly uranium and its compounds under some circumstances exhibit some similarity to the transition elements.In Fig. 1 a schematic representation of the magnetic properties of the actinide metals is shown [1]. One can see that the magnetic ordering is observed only for heavier actinides beginning from curium. Some indication of localized magnetic moment can be detected for americium and these behaviors suggest a similarity of these elements to lanthanides. Now, the peculiarities of physical properties of the uranium metal will be briefly discussed, because this element is a component of the compounds which are the subject of the present review. At low temperature, numerous physical properties of uranium exhibit puzzling features. At 43 K there is sudden expansion of the crystallographic orthorhombic cell, and the elastic constants show anomalous behavior. The similar anomalies are also observed at 23 and 37 K [2], which are (77)