Going nuclear

Increasing investor interest and a nuclear industry that has traditionally lacked hedging tools led the New York Mercantile Exchange to list uranium futures in May. However, industry sources have expressed scepticism about the real utility of the contracts. Mark Pengelly investigates

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Uranium investing is glowing ever brighter, with a renaissance in the nuclear energy industry under way and financial participation in the metal picking up. The World Nuclear Association predicts the global percentage share of nuclear-generated power will increase to 17% by 2020. Meanwhile, a hike in uranium prices of around 1,700% over the past seven years has led to increasing interest from the financial sector. Investment funds, such as the Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Uranium Participation

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