Uranium miner Cameco reports Q4 profit and revenue up from year ago

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SASKATOON - Cameco Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago, helped by higher uranium sales and prices.

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SASKATOON – Cameco Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago, helped by higher uranium sales and prices.

The company says it earned a profit attributable to equity holders of $135 million or 31 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec. 31, up from $80 million or 18 cents per diluted share a year earlier.

On an adjusted basis, Cameco says it earned 36 cents per diluted share in its latest quarter, up from an adjusted profit of 25 cents per diluted share a year earlier.

Media enter the head frame during a Cameco media tour of the uranium mine in Cigar Lake, Sask. Wednesday, September 23, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Media enter the head frame during a Cameco media tour of the uranium mine in Cigar Lake, Sask. Wednesday, September 23, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Revenue for the quarter totalled $1.2 billion, up from $844 million a year earlier.

Uranium production totalled 6.1 million pounds for the quarter, up from 5.7 million a year earlier, while sales volumes amounted to 12.8 million pounds, up from 9.8 million pounds. Cameco’s average realized price for uranium was $80.90 per pound, up from $71.65 a year earlier.

Cameco’s fuel services business saw production of 3.6 million kilograms, down from 3.7 million a year earlier, while fuel services sales held steady at 4.2 million kilograms. Fuel services reported an average realized price of $35.41 per kilogram, up from $32.19 in the fourth quarter of 2023.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 20, 2025.

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