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The West Moves to Weaken China's Hold
Sprott Energy Transition Materials Monthly June 07, 2023

The West Moves to Weaken China's Hold

By Paul Wong and Jacob White
Lithium and lithium miners staged a sharp rebound rally in May and were the positive exception among critical minerals. The sector was weighed down by China's faltering recovery, ongoing global growth concerns and the U.S. debt ceiling drama. China’s dominance in critical minerals poses risks to the West’s manufacturing base and national security, highlighting the need for onshoring and friend-shoring energy transition supply chains.
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A New Era: How Critical Minerals are Driving the Global Energy Transition
May 23, 2023
A New Era: How Critical Minerals are Driving the Global Energy Transition
Critical minerals are essential for the global energy transition as we gradually phase out CO2-intensive energy sources with cleaner sources, including nuclear, solar, wind, hydro and geothermal energy and greater use of electric vehicles (EVs). We believe the unique supply and demand dynamics for critical minerals will underpin potential investment opportunities in the years ahead.
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The Critical Minerals Supply Crunch Mining the Energy Transition for Investment Opportunity
May 04, 2023
The Critical Minerals Supply Crunch Mining the Energy Transition for Investment Opportunity
The energy transition is accelerating. Aggressive global timelines to reduce global carbon emissions and diversify our energy sources are in place, and the manufacturing and adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) have reached a tipping point. The rapidly rising demand for lithium, copper, uranium and nickel is likely to quickly outstrip supply—and the resulting investment opportunity may be powerful.
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Gold Rides Higher on Recession Fears
May 12, 2023
Gold Rides Higher on Recession Fears
The gold market continues to be bullish as the probability of a recession rises, regional banking stress resurfaces and the Fed seems determined "get inflation down to 2%, over time". Globally, we are entering a more challenging period featuring subpar economic growth, increasing risks to systematic financial stability, stubbornly high inflation and rising geopolitical risks. Against this backdrop, we believe gold should perform well, even if the U.S. debt ceiling disaster is averted.
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Nationalization and Surging M&A Highlight Secular Strength
May 09, 2023
Nationalization and Surging M&A Highlight Secular Strength
The long-term secular growth outlook for energy transition minerals got several boosts in April, despite tepid performance for the month. Chile's decision to nationalize its lithium reserves reinforces the metal's role as a global strategic economic asset. M&A activity has heated up in the copper mining sector with lofty bids, including Glencore's $23 billion rejected offer for Teck Resources at a 20% premium.
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Uranium’s April Breakthrough
May 05, 2023
Uranium’s April Breakthrough
The U3O8 uranium spot price climbed 6.01% in April, closing the month at $53.74. The U3O8 price reacted positively to China's bullish comments about its ambitious plans to expand its nuclear energy capacity to supply 18% of its electricity needs by 2060, up from 5% today. YTD, the uranium spot price has gained 11.24% as global acceptance of nuclear energy increases and positive momentum builds within the uranium industry.
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Lithium: Driving the EV Revolution Forward
April 27, 2023
Lithium: Driving the EV Revolution Forward
Electric vehicles, also known as EVs, are at the heart of the world’s efforts to reach aggressive net-zero carbon emissions goals. Lithium-ion batteries are essential to the growing EV revolution, making lithium a much sought-after mineral, with demand expected to increase in the years ahead. This means that both lithium and the companies that extract and produce it could provide attractive investment opportunities.
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Podcast: Hello Copper!
April 25, 2023
Podcast: Hello Copper!
Host Ed Coyne and Nick Pickens from Wood Mackenzie discuss the bullish outlook for copper in 2023. Copper is key to electrical power generation and transmission, and sits at the center of the energy trilemma: the challenge of balancing cost, sustainability and security of supply.
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How Deglobalization is Changing the Dynamics of Securing Critical Minerals
April 20, 2023
How Deglobalization is Changing the Dynamics of Securing Critical Minerals
Commodity prices weakened in March in reaction to financial system stress and recession fears. As deglobalization accelerates, unfettered access to critical minerals is not likely to last. The old system of free and fair access to commodities, including critical minerals, is moving toward one marked by interregional competition, and unstable availability and pricing. China has moved aggressively to acquire critical minerals in the past 20, but we believe the West has near-unmatched capabilities and is a formidable competitor.
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Uranium Proves Resilient in March
April 14, 2023
Uranium Proves Resilient in March
The U3O8 uranium spot price fell slightly in March, from $50.85 to $50.70. YTD through 3/31/2023, uranium has gained 4.93%, demonstrating resilience relative to other commodities (down 6.47% as measured by the BCOM Index). Along with other equities, uranium mining stocks fell in March, victims of the selloff following the U.S.'s biggest banking crisis since 2008. Positive headlines on nuclear power restarts continued in March.
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Gold Bulls Run Faster as Fed Tackles Banking Crisis
April 06, 2023
Gold Bulls Run Faster as Fed Tackles Banking Crisis
This year’s top 10 list offers Sprott’s thoughts on what will likely drive markets in the coming year and decade, from a macro perspective and the vantage of our asset classes: Precious Metals and Energy Transition Materials. We believe the global clean energy transition will grow more urgent as energy markets continue re-ordering and energy security becomes synonymous with national security. The signposts point to a commodity-intensive, inflationary and capital-intensive decade where energy transition materials and precious metals will become far more valued than in the prior market regime.
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Phone A Friend - How Uranium is Bought and Sold
March 31, 2023
Phone A Friend - How Uranium is Bought and Sold
Treva Klingbiel of TradeTech and Per Jander at WMC Energy join Sprott's Ed Coyne to discuss the inner workings of uranium pricing and contracts, the future of nuclear energy generation capacity and the development of SMRs.
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Has the Next Commodities Supercycle Begun?
March 21, 2023
Has the Next Commodities Supercycle Begun?
February saw energy transition materials/critical minerals markets correct, but the secular story remains strong. As the global energy transition "arms race" heats up, the drive to secure supply is fast becoming more important than price. All signs indicate the 40-year bond bull market has likely ended and the next great secular bull market in commodities has begun.
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Nickel: A Battery Metal Powering the EV Revolution
March 22, 2023
Nickel: A Battery Metal Powering the EV Revolution
As the world moves towards cleaner forms of energy to achieve net zero emissions targets, the critical minerals and metals needed to reach those goals are stepping into the limelight. Nickel is one of these critical minerals. It is essential for the batteries used in electric vehicles, which are becoming more popular by the day as vehicle manufacturers and consumers embrace the EV revolution and countries add incentives or build in legislation supporting their adoption.
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Uranium‘s Mixed February
March 10, 2023
Uranium‘s Mixed February
Although markets in February saw a reversal of January's positive performance, spot uranium posted a slight gain of 0.20%, outperforming many other asset classes. Uranium miners made headlines with significantly-sized uranium contracts that reflect higher demand for long-term supply commitments. Uranium market fundamentals are the most positive in over a decade and are likely to continue to be the primary performance driver.
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First Gold Dip Since Central Bank Buying Spree
March 06, 2023
First Gold Dip Since Central Bank Buying Spree
This year’s top 10 list offers Sprott’s thoughts on what will likely drive markets in the coming year and decade, from a macro perspective and the vantage of our asset classes: Precious Metals and Energy Transition Materials. We believe the global clean energy transition will grow more urgent as energy markets continue re-ordering and energy security becomes synonymous with national security. The signposts point to a commodity-intensive, inflationary and capital-intensive decade where energy transition materials and precious metals will become far more valued than in the prior market regime.
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Bloor Street Capital Nuclear and Uranium Conference
February 24, 2023
Bloor Street Capital Nuclear and Uranium Conference
John Ciampaglia: “I think it's an interesting time to be investing in uranium — from a fundamental perspective, from an energy policy perspective, from a geopolitical risk perspective….we've experienced a sea change in the level of interest related to uranium, energy transition materials and mining investments.” Bloor Street Capital's Nuclear and Uranium Virtual Conference featured John Ciampaglia, CEO of Sprott Asset Management, and Per Jander, WMC Energy, Director, Nuclear & Renewables.
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The Energy Transition Is Here. Is Your Portfolio Ready?
February 21, 2023
The Energy Transition Is Here. Is Your Portfolio Ready?
As the world sets aggressive goals to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and move to cleaner energy sources, critical minerals will be essential. Due to years of underinvestment, we believe demand is likely to outstrip supply for many energy transition materials, including uranium, lithium, copper, nickel and others. The investment opportunities may be powerful.
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Critical Materials Start 2023 With a Bang
February 16, 2023
Critical Materials Start 2023 With a Bang
We believe we are in the early stages of an energy transition materials secular bull market and favorable supply-demand dynamics are likely going forward. The upward revision in global growth, the timing effect of the China credit impulse and the surprise ending of China's zero-COVID policy have provided a tailwind for the metals market. For energy transition metals, we see this as a cyclical boost on top of the robust secular demand that is in play.
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Uranium's September Setback
October 12, 2022
Uranium's September Setback
September was tough on uranium (both physical and stocks), which was negatively impacted by the month's drawdowns. We believe the uranium bull market remains intact, especially given that many countries are facing energy shortages and rocketing costs. Nuclear energy provides a solution as a reliable, affordable base-load energy source.
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Uranium's October Optimism
November 11, 2022
Uranium's October Optimism
The U3O8 uranium spot price climbed 8.32% in October, rising from $48.25 to $52.27 per pound. YTD as of October 31, 2022, the uranium spot price has climbed by 24.12%. We believe the uranium bull market remains intact despite the negative macroeconomic environment. Our outlook is supported by the unprecedented number of announcements for nuclear power plant restarts, life extensions and new builds that are all creating demand for uranium.
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Uranium‘s January Jump
February 10, 2023
Uranium‘s January Jump
January was a strong month for uranium markets, with U3O8 uranium spot price posting a 5.05% increase and uranium mining equities gaining 14.65%. Looking ahead, we believe the uranium bull market still has a long way to run. Over the long term, increased demand in the face of an uncertain uranium supply is likely to support a sustained bull market.
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Critical Minerals for the Clean Energy Transition
January 24, 2023
Critical Minerals for the Clean Energy Transition
Learn about the critical minerals driving the global energy transition. Investment opportunities presented by the clean energy transition will likely center around the critical minerals that are vital to powering the planet through low-carbon energy sources and revolutionizing the transportation sector through the electrification of the world’s vehicle fleet. Sprott Energy Transition ETFs are designed to give investors access.
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Fireside Chat: Investing in the Critical Minerals Driving the Energy Transition
January 20, 2023
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Sprott's 2023 Top 10 Watch List
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2023 Uranium Outlook: Is Nuclear Power Out of the Penalty Box?
January 11, 2023
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Per Jander of WMC Energy and John Ciampaglia, CEO of Sprott Asset Management talk with Sprott’s Ed Coyne about what may be ahead for uranium in 2023, the resurgence in nuclear power interest as energy security concerns become top of mind, and what’s happening in uranium conversion and enrichment.
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January 17, 2023
Key Trends for 2023 and December Recap
Three key themes for uranium markets in 2023: 1) increased emphasis on energy security worldwide; 2) higher conversion/enrichment prices may boost spot uranium prices; and 3) the global energy transition supports the case for nuclear power. Uranium's performance was notably strong in 2022, despite the overall bear market.
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The Optimistic News Continues
December 08, 2022
The Optimistic News Continues
The uranium markets did not perform as well as other sectors in November, despite having posted relatively strong performance throughout 2022. While the price of U3O8 uranium has lagged since May 2022, conversion and enriched uranium prices have significantly appreciated. We believe that current demand, coupled with a shift away from Russian suppliers, is likely to support a higher U3O8 uranium spot price.
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Uranium Born of the Stars
October 12, 2022
Uranium Born of the Stars
September was tough on uranium (both physical and stocks), which was negatively impacted by the month's drawdowns. We believe the uranium bull market remains intact, especially given that many countries are facing energy shortages and rocketing costs. Nuclear energy provides a solution as a reliable, affordable base-load energy source.
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Why Nuclear Power Plant Life Extensions & Uprates Matter
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Why Nuclear Power Plant Life Extensions & Uprates Matter
Research and development on small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) are underway globally and generating tremendous buzz. But SMRs are not likely to contribute meaningful amounts of carbon-free power for another decade. By contrast, nuclear power plant life extensions and uprates hold the power to boost carbon-free electricity production in the interim and provide a bridge to a future date when new SMR technologies will be commercially available.
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Uranium & Nuclear Power Play a Critical Role in the U.S.
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Nuclear power generates more than 50% of the carbon-free electricity in the U.S. while meeting 20% of the country's electricity demand. As the country and the world take steps to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, we believe that uranium and nuclear power will be critical to the solution.
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