Uranium

At first glance, the recent disruption of the Ukrainian economy may seem like it would have minimal impact on the U.S. or the global economy. But while Ukraine's GDP represents less than 0.2% of the global economy, its key roles in producing some important materials may soon start making...

Declining global uranium inventory levels may lend upside support to Cameco Corp.’s (NYSE: CCJ) stock, according to BMO Capital Markets. The Cameco Analyst: Alexander Pearce upgraded the rating for Cameco to Outperform, while raising the price target to C$42 (U.S.$33.63). The Cameco Thesis:...

Uranium and nuclear stocks are in the spotlight with several news items leading to investors searching for stocks with exposure to the sector. For years, nuclear energy was considered an energy source not favored by many and has faced regulatory hurdles to continue. Here is a look at the latest...

Skyrocketing fuel prices have led to massive protests in Kazakhstan, leading to multiple deaths and hundreds of injuries. What Happened: Protestors set fire to the presidential residence and mayor’s office in Almaty, the Central Asian nation’s largest city, on Wednesday. The Kazakh...

Uranium stocks are the latest to grab the attention of Reddit’s WallStreetBets community, and surging uranium futures prices have prompted one Wall Street analyst to raise his triuranium octoxide price targets. The Analyst: On Tuesday, Bank of America analyst Lawson Winder reiterated a...

Cameco Corp (NYSE: CCJ) was skyrocketing up over 8% higher on Friday helping to pull the Global X Uranium ETF (ARCA: URA) over 9% higher. The Saskatoon-based uranium producer is the world’s largest publicly traded uranium stock with a market cap of $9.9 billion. The stock is...

The uranium sector has had a bullish two months and over the past five trading sessions, stocks such as NexGen Energy Ltd. (NYSE: NXE) and Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE: UUUU) have seen their shares rise more than 20%. North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF (NYSE: URNM) holds both NexGen and Energy...

Uranium equities have had a rough go of it, a condition that has lasted several years. Over the past three years, the original uranium exchange traded fund is lower by almost 4% while the S&P 500 Materials Index is higher by 25.5%. Perhaps a new uranium ETF will have better fortune. The North...

More than a year after Ur-Energy Inc. (NYSE: URG) and Energy Fuels Inc (NYSE: UUUU) jointly filed a petition under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on uranium imports.  The Trump Memo  Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross found...

Just like every election cycle in recent history, America's energy future remains an open and evolving question for the new Trump administration. While the president's cabinet is stacked with gas-and-oil-friendly faces like former Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) CEO Rex Tillerson and...

President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his call for nuclear proliferation on Friday morning, sending shares of uranium stocks soaring in the pre-market trading session. On Thursday, Trump tweeted the following message to his followers: “The United States must greatly strengthen and...

The cost of uranium has been on the decline in recent years, and the chart below might lead some investors to wonder if nuclear energy could soon be getting a boost due to uranium cost savings. However, Jefferies analyst Anthony Crowdell argues nuclear power operators are not getting much of a...

Benzinga recently spoke with Morris Bawabeh, who has a 24.5 percent stake in Centrus Energy Corp (NYSE: LEU), as reported in a 13D filing on March 30. Bawabeh, who immigrated to U.S. from Syria in 1980, said he began investing in Centrus following its emergence from bankruptcy in September 2014...