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While concerns about a potential economic downturn have hurt most energy-related commodities, Uranium is still glowingAs uranium spot prices are up 18% so far this year, the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (OTCPK: SRUUF) is up 8% and global X Uranium ETF (New York: Career) earned 6%.
Some industry analysts believe that uranium has room to rise even higher, according to him The Wall Street JournalJinjoo Lee on “Heard On The Street”: BofA Global Research expects spot uranium prices to reach $75/lb by year-end 2025, while others see prices rise to around $60 by then.
One clear sign of the market’s tightness is the cost of uranium enrichment, which has risen from $60 per separate business unit before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to $140 today, according to Jonathan Haines, president of UxC, a nuclear fuel consulting firm.
Uranium demand has seen a boost as some countries look to extend the life of existing nuclear power plants, and the US Inflation Reduction Act created a tax credit for existing nuclear power plants, giving them an incentive to keep operating.
On the supply side, BofA Securities projects a production shortfall of 60 million pounds of uranium triocoxide by 2035, roughly equal to the annual production of Kazakhstan, the world’s largest producer.
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