Uranium decreased 8.70 USD/LBS or 11.92% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Uranium - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on March of 2025.

In December 2024, the global average price per pound of uranium stood at roughly 60.22 U.S. dollars. Uranium prices peaked in June 2007, when it reached 136.22 U.S. dollars per pound. The average annual price of uranium in 2023 was 48.99 U.S. dollars per pound. Global uranium production Uranium is a heavy metal, and it is most commonly used as a nuclear fuel. Nevertheless, due to its high density, it is also used in the manufacturing of yacht keels and as a material for radiation shielding. Over the past 50 years, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan together dominated uranium production worldwide. Uranium in the future Since uranium is used in the nuclear energy sector, demand has been constantly growing within the last years. Furthermore, the global recoverable resources of uranium increased between 2015 and 2021. Even though this may appear as sufficient to fulfill the increasing need for uranium, it was forecast that by 2035 the uranium demand will largely outpace the supply of this important metal.

Graph and download economic data for Global price of Uranium (PURANUSDM) from Jan 1990 to Feb 2025 about uranium, World, and price.

Global demand for uranium was forecasted to reach 240 million pounds of U3O8 by 2035. While demand will be growing constantly, supply of uranium was expected to drop over time. It was forecasted that new assets will be required to fill that supply gap.

Nuclear Energy Index decreased 2.51 USD or 9.38% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Nuclear Energy Index.