Cameco
CCJ · NYSE · Energy · Uranium Mining & Nuclear Fuel
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WHAT IT DOES
Cameco mines uranium from the highest-grade deposits ever found — McArthur River and Cigar Lake in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin, where ore runs orders of magnitude richer than the global average — then refines and converts it into reactor fuel, and co-owns Westinghouse, the company that services and builds the reactors themselves.
HOW IT MAKES MONEY
Not the way a gold miner does. Cameco sells uranium years in advance under long-term contracts with utilities, so revenue follows the slow rhythm of utility contracting cycles, not the daily spot price. The Westinghouse stake adds a second stream: fees from servicing, fueling, and eventually building reactors.
WHY WE TRACK IT
Every nuclear restart we cover — Crane, Palisades, the hyperscaler power deals — creates fuel demand one layer up the supply chain. At the same time, Western utilities are deliberately moving their fuel purchases away from Russian enrichment and Kazakh-routed supply. Cameco sits exactly where those two currents meet.
THE SIMPLE THESIS
The nuclear restart era needs Western fuel, and Cameco is the Western fuel company. When utilities pay up for security of supply, they are paying Cameco's premium.
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