Yellow Cake Plc Uranium Market Overview
Uranium market update
July 2021
Spot Market Overview
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■ The UxC U30 price strengthened reaching US$32.30 /lb at the end of July, an increase from the previous month's spot price
of US$32.10 /lb(1)
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Near-term uranium demand in July rose to 6.6 Mlb U₂O with approximately 48 Mlb (YTD) transacted in the spot market
from more than 210 deals (1)
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▪ A total of 13 spot transactions were booked in July, made up of 11 deals involving straight U¸O, one enriched uranium
product (EUP) deal, and one for enrichment services
■ For uranium, July's volume totalled over 5.6 million pounds U3O₂ equivalent under 12 transactions, bringing annual totals to
213 transactions for 42.9 million pounds U3O8 (1)
Kazatomprom
For Q2 2021 Kazatomprom reported 14.4 Mlb of production (100% basis) compared to 13.6 Mlb year on year
■ Uranium output reached 27.2 Mlb for the first six months of the year, comparable to the same period in 2020 (27.1 Mlb)
■ Current 2021 production guidance is in the range of 58.5 - 59.3 Mlb U3Og which is higher than 2020 output of 50.6 Mlb
■ Kazatomprom announced that it will maintain a 20% reduction of production through 2023 (compared to the planned levels
under Subsoil Use Contracts)
■ Full implementation of the production restraint plan would remove 13.0 Mlb (5,000 tU) from the previously anticipated
global primary supply in 2023, with uranium production in Kazakhstan remaining similar to the level expected in 2022 (2)
Kazatomprom's CEO, Galymzhan Pirmatov, stated that, "the Company does not expect to return to full Subsoil Use Contract
production levels until a sustained market recovery is evident, supply and demand conditions signal a need for more uranium,
and the Company's pipeline of mid to long-term contract negotiations implies there is a low risk of produced volumes further
delaying the recovery."(2)
Source:
1) UxC LLC August 2021
2) Kazatomprom Announces 2023 Production Plans, Ortalyk Transaction Update 2 July
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