Dispute over Jabiluka mine comes as country reassesses longstanding ban on energy source
Move follows rebuke by UN watchdog over uranium traces found at undeclared sites
Fuel source still vulnerable to Russian supply risk and safety concerns
Resolution risks inflaming tensions between Iran and west as nuclear talks flounder
After starting to stockpile uranium, Sprott has expanded into equity, buying URNM, and joining Global X by launching an ETF in Europe
Central Asian country is world’s biggest producer of the radioactive metal
This year nuclear fuel has risen in price to its highest level since 2012
Fund’s ‘contrarian’ bet comes as some flag supply issues for the radioactive metal
Bets on clean energy and economic rebound drive yellowcake prices to their highest level since 2014
UN watchdog warns ‘only countries making bombs’ are enriching uranium at that level of purity
Steady demand and near-term supply shortfalls are bull points, but an inventory overhang is set to cap prices
Expectations for growth in nuclear power lift shares in miners of the radioactive metal
Prices rebound from March lows after miner Kazatomprom slashes production
Radioactive material at risk of supply shocks given small number of dominant mines
Deal would give access to major deposits of key mineral for battery manufacturing
US president says imports of the nuclear fuel are not a threat to national security
Company has spent years trying to get permission for the project
Tehran says it will go beyond limits of Obama-era nuclear deal
President Trump has threatened to crack down on imports of radioactive material
Donald Trump could decide to impose tariffs after probe into the nuclear fuel
The Kazakh producer wants to lean into an expected rise in demand
Country’s decision to build first commercial reactor is latest move to boost GDP
