Marketing Graphs

Western World Market
(million lbs U₃O₈)

Uranium consumption is more than double production.

Western World Contract Volumes
(million lbs U₃O₈)

The long-term market accounted for more than 70% of the contracted uranium in 1999.

Uranium Price Comparison
(annual average $US/lb U₃O₈)

Cameco typically receives a higher uranium price by contracting in the long-term market where utilities look for security of supply.

Canadian Export Price   The average price of uranium from Canada, delivered by Canadian companies to their export customers. More than 99% of these deliveries were under long-term contracts.

Nuexco Exchange Value   A uranium spot market price indicator. Spot market deliveries are scheduled within one year of the transaction date.

World Uranium Production
(estimated 1999)

Cameco's 17 million pounds of U₃O₈ production represented more than 20% of world output.

Nuclear Capacity
(GWe)

Nuclear power generation is expected to increase by 7% over the next decade.

World Electricity Generation
(1997)

Nuclear energy accounts for 17% of the world's electricity demands.

Nuclear Reactors

¹ 1999
² 1998