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He also acts as a liaison to the press. He has a PhD in electrochemistry from the University of Nottingham.","https://www.linkedin.com/in/birdmatthew/",{"type":571,"content":572},"doc",[573,580,585,590,595,600,605,610,615,620,625,630,635,640,645,650,655,658,663,668,673,678,685,690,695,700,705,710,715,720,725,730,735,740,745],{"type":574,"attrs":575,"content":576},"paragraph",{"textAlign":49},[577],{"text":578,"type":579}," With low prices stifling new sources, Japan set for a post-Fukushima demand rebound, and China forced to reduce its coal addition, Peter Epstein analyses how the groundwork for higher uranium prices has been laid","text",{"type":574,"attrs":581,"content":582},{"textAlign":49},[583],{"text":584,"type":579},"Uranium does not trade on an open market which makes it difficult for many to analyse accurately.",{"type":574,"attrs":586,"content":587},{"textAlign":49},[588],{"text":589,"type":579},"Buyers and sellers negotiate contracts privately and prices are published by independent market consultancies. The opaqueness of the uranium market is more akin to critical minerals like graphite and lithium than exchanged-traded commodities like copper and coal, and is also similar in size with just under 60,000 tonnes of uranium mined each year.",{"type":574,"attrs":591,"content":592},{"textAlign":49},[593],{"text":594,"type":579},"The industry is driven by global electricity consumption, which typically increases in both good times and bad. Since 1980, global electricity consumption has tripled, and major Canada-based uranium producer, Cameco Corp, forecasts it will increase by 70% over the next two decades.",{"type":574,"attrs":596,"content":597},{"textAlign":49},[598],{"text":599,"type":579},"The largest growth is coming from countries with rapidly expanding economies, like China and India. To put it into perspective, of the seven billion people on the planet, there are almost two billion who do not have access to electricity.",{"type":574,"attrs":601,"content":602},{"textAlign":49},[603],{"text":604,"type":579},"Cameco forecasts demand of 240m pounds (108,862 tonnes) and primary supply of just 120m pounds (54,431 tonnes) by 2023. That would equate to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 4%.",{"type":574,"attrs":606,"content":607},{"textAlign":49},[608],{"text":609,"type":579},"This has left many asking: Where will the supply come from to fill that gap?",{"type":574,"attrs":611,"content":612},{"textAlign":49},[613],{"text":614,"type":579},"The biggest problem facing the industry is the spot price of uranium.",{"type":574,"attrs":616,"content":617},{"textAlign":49},[618],{"text":619,"type":579},"It has halved since March 2011 after Japan’s Fukushima disaster which resulted subsequent closure all of its reactors. These reactors are yet to come back online and the low price has all but halted the development of any significant new sources.",{"type":574,"attrs":621,"content":622},{"textAlign":49},[623],{"text":624,"type":579},"Many industry participants talk about the “incentive price” of uranium, i.e. the price at which new large scale projects need to become developed.",{"type":574,"attrs":626,"content":627},{"textAlign":49},[628],{"text":629,"type":579},"This price range is between $65/ lb and $85/lb – a far cry from the spot price of just $37.5/lb. However, the vast majority of uranium contracts are long-term, frequently 5-year deals.",{"type":574,"attrs":631,"content":632},{"textAlign":49},[633],{"text":634,"type":579},"Therefore Ux Consulting and Trade Tech provide quotes on both the spot and the long-term price, which stands at $49-$50/lb. Utilities have been especially slow to sign new 5-year contracts because they feel no urgency and long-term contracts signed between 2012 and 2014 were significantly below the norm. This will have change. The question is when?",{"type":574,"attrs":636,"content":637},{"textAlign":49},[638],{"text":639,"type":579},"The utility companies that are presently sitting on the fence are expected to become more active in H2 2015 and certainly into 2016.",{"type":574,"attrs":641,"content":642},{"textAlign":49},[643],{"text":644,"type":579},"If Cameco is largely correct in its forecasting of demand and supply, then the long-term contract price should rise in each of the next few years.",{"type":574,"attrs":646,"content":647},{"textAlign":49},[648],{"text":649,"type":579},"Given the increased compliance, legalities, funding and environmental factors, the timeline to get a new mine up and running has expanded meaningfully. For example, many new, potentially viable projects in the highly prolific Athabasca Basin in Canada are thought to be 10-15 years from initial production.",{"type":574,"attrs":651,"content":652},{"textAlign":49},[653],{"text":654,"type":579},"Just before the Fukushima accident, the long-term and spot price for uranium was in the low $70s/lb. This is important to remember because the next time uranium prices hit their stride, the new normal price might be $80s-90/lb.",{"type":574,"attrs":656,"content":657},{"textAlign":49},[],{"type":574,"attrs":659,"content":660},{"textAlign":49},[661],{"text":662,"type":579},"This is simply because the cost of mining has not declined along with the uranium price. Of course, virtually no one is forecasting a price above $80/lb anytime soon, but with the incentive price thought to be between $65-$85/lb and longer lead times to get new projects into production, the pieces may be falling into place for a higher price than pundits imagine.",{"type":574,"attrs":664,"content":665},{"textAlign":49},[666],{"text":667,"type":579},"There are two additional factors to consider regarding demand.",{"type":574,"attrs":669,"content":670},{"textAlign":49},[671],{"text":672,"type":579},"Firstly, new reactors need to prime the pump with roughly three times the average annual consumption in the first year. If China and India are as active as or even more active than expected, there could be supply shortages in the coming years.",{"type":574,"attrs":674,"content":675},{"textAlign":49},[676],{"text":677,"type":579},"Secondly, given the huge upfront cost of building reactors, it is not surprising that those with design lives of 40 years are being upgraded and approved for operations to be expanded for 10-20 years. With less nuclear power generation capacity coming offline, global demand forecasts could be too conservative.",{"type":679,"attrs":680,"content":682},"heading",{"level":681,"textAlign":49},3,[683],{"text":684,"type":579}," China’s new reactors",{"type":574,"attrs":686,"content":687},{"textAlign":49},[688],{"text":689,"type":579},"Uranium is very much another commodity tied to China’s growth.",{"type":574,"attrs":691,"content":692},{"textAlign":49},[693],{"text":694,"type":579},"According to uranium expert Alex Molyneux of Azarga Uranium, China’s construction of nuclear reactors will be considerably more than expectations. However, unlike some commodities that China can manipulate the price of, it will be difficult to control the price of uranium. The country needs it too much, as does Russia and India.",{"type":574,"attrs":696,"content":697},{"textAlign":49},[698],{"text":699,"type":579},"Both China and India generate a remarkably low percentage of electricity from nuclear power. For example, it produces just 2% to 3% of its electricity from nuclear sources, compared to 20% in the US.",{"type":574,"attrs":701,"content":702},{"textAlign":49},[703],{"text":704,"type":579},"Another reason why China needs uranium is to reduce its reliance on coal generated electricity. Today, it still generates 70% of its electricity from coal which has been a major contributor to serious air pollution in many Chinese cities.",{"type":574,"attrs":706,"content":707},{"textAlign":49},[708],{"text":709,"type":579},"Japan also has a significant role to play. Pundits look to Japan for a uranium price catalyst as it restarts some of its reactors that were closed post-Fukushima. So far, of the 50 estimated operable reactors, zero have been restarted. Experts predict that 2-6 will come back online in 2015. That alone would have a minimal impact. But if Japan restarts 20-30 reactors over the next 2-3 years, then the impact would be significant.",{"type":574,"attrs":711,"content":712},{"textAlign":49},[713],{"text":714,"type":579},"Uranium is a critical commodity with demand expected to grow between 3% and 5% annually for the next two decades.",{"type":574,"attrs":716,"content":717},{"textAlign":49},[718],{"text":719,"type":579},"Importantly, security of supply is a real threat with many of the proposed new mines located in Africa where uranium ore grades are quite low and some of the countries being tough to do business in.",{"type":574,"attrs":721,"content":722},{"textAlign":49},[723],{"text":724,"type":579},"Kazakhstan is by far the largest producer of uranium in the world, accounting for the vast majority of the growth in global supply over the past decade. However, it has already taken advantage of the easier resources to access which fuelled its astonishing rise.",{"type":574,"attrs":726,"content":727},{"textAlign":49},[728],{"text":729,"type":579},"In 2001, the country began mining uranium, but by 2008 it leapfrogged Canada to become the world’s number one producer at about 14,000 tonnes. In 2014, Kazakhstan produced 22,000 tonnes of uranium which equated to 37% of global output.",{"type":574,"attrs":731,"content":732},{"textAlign":49},[733],{"text":734,"type":579},"Production increases out of the central-Asian country has stalled in recent years as demand softened, but many believe that robust supply (at low cost) growth is no longer guaranteed like it was in the mid2000s.",{"type":574,"attrs":736,"content":737},{"textAlign":49},[738],{"text":739,"type":579},"Kazakhstan is also seeking to build its own reactor and in January 2015 signed a deal with Toshiba to build a $3.7bn, 1GW plant, signalling its intention to also become a consumer of uranium, thereby withdrawing tonnages from the international marketplace.",{"type":574,"attrs":741,"content":742},{"textAlign":49},[743],{"text":744,"type":579},"With the long term outlook for supply hard to pin down, together with the expected steady and constant increase in demand, uranium has a perfect recipe for rising prices in the coming years – a trend which could start in 2015.",{"type":574,"attrs":746,"content":747},{"textAlign":49},[748],{"text":749,"type":579,"marks":750}," Contributor: Peter Epstein, CEO and founder of resources consultancy MockingJay Inc.",[751],{"type":752},"italic","With low prices stifling new sources, Japan set for a post-Fukushima demand rebound, and China forced to reduce its coal addition, Peter Epstein analyses how the groundwork for higher uranium prices has been laid",[755],{"slug":562,"name":563,"content":756},{"job_title":565,"image":757,"bio":568,"linkedin":569},{"filename":567},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"4185ac09-e2e1-43b7-99a1-96fc6c8b1f52\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[761,764],{"slug":762,"name":763},"batteries","Batteries",{"slug":765,"name":766},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals","private",{"id":49,"alt":769,"name":769,"focus":769,"title":769,"source":769,"filename":770,"copyright":769,"fieldtype":771,"meta_data":772,"is_external_url":51},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/e582b2dc5a/bm-screen-shot-2016-07-20-at-121917.png","asset",{"alt":769,"title":769,"source":769,"copyright":769},"Jul 20, 2016","20th July 2016",[],[],1792773947802]