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Uranium prices set to go radioactive

Graham Watson

21st November 2016

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An excellent and lengthy look here at a demand and supply story - this time, though, with greater depth in looking at how the demand for uranium has implications for all sorts of other 'derived' markets, notably labour and capital.


Cantor Fitzgerald estimates that, by 2025, there's going to be significant excess demand for the metal, largely as a result of under-investment as uranium prices have been low. Additionally, the impact of the Fukushima accident has depressed prices, but for how long...

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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