Inventory of Japanese utilities: this week they presented their annual results. There is a very evident drop in #uranium inventories during their FY 2022 (April 22-March 23). Specifically, there have been two uts that have sold a lot of material in the market: Hokkaido and Tohoku
Both have had a NPP utilization rate of 0%. Regarding Tohoku, it has made sales for 25B yen which gives a sale of 3.7Mlbeq approximately.
Hokkaido has reduced its nuclear fuel by 27B yen, posting a loss of 5.7B yen. It is true that Hokkaido's inventory in relation to its nuclear power capacity is very abundant but the sale of approximately 4Mlbeq of U308 is not crumbs
Between the two are almost 8Mlbeq sold during FY2022. Most probably an important part of these sales went to SPUT, thus sequestering such material from the end user. And guys, the drop in global #uranium inventories will continue irremediably....
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Let's dig deeper into KAP news. In October 2022 they showed their #uranium production forecasts for 2023-2024. Now, after only 3 months they have lowered the 2023 by 1,800tU. The global supply chain is the reason
This, far from being resolved in the short term, looks set to last longer than expected, if not get worse. What to expect from 2024 production? It seems difficult to reach 25,300tU
On the demand side we have to add the increasing U308 needed to make the same EUP, focus in how the forward tails curve is increasing. In below graph we can check how the uts coverage is