Uranium Energy Corp is pleased to announce the launch of United States Uranium Refining & Conversion Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, to pursue the feasibility of developing a new state-of-the-art American uranium refining and conversion facility.
Amir Adnani, UEC President and CEO, stated:
“Positioning UEC as the only vertically integrated U.S. company with uranium mining, processing, refining and conversion capabilities is both a significant commercial opportunity and a strategic necessity for the United States. Under one American banner, UEC’s end-to-end capabilities would provide a secure, geopolitically reliable source of Uranium Hexafluoride (“UF₆”), the critical feedstock for enrichment that enables the production of low-enriched uranium (“LEU”) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (“HALEU”), fuels essential to powering large, small, and advanced reactors for undersupplied domestic and allied markets.
“We are structuring UR&C as a subsidiary to advance this initiative in a fiscally optimal manner, including tactical partnerships and direct investments. This allows UEC to maintain a strong balance sheet and continue to prioritize its core uranium mining and processing business, while separately advancing UR&C to enhance UEC shareholder value.
“Our priorities are clear: to build on UEC’s existing uranium platform by advancing a fully American supply chain to support growing domestic enrichment; to ensure alignment with U.S. policy and Defense Production Act (“DPA”) authorities; and to work in close partnership with government and industry. Together, these priorities position UR&C to play a central role in expanding America’s nuclear fuel cycle and strengthening its long-term energy security.”
Spencer Abraham, UEC Chairman and Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, stated:
“For far too long, the U.S. has relied on foreign sources to supply and process the critical materials essential to our national and economic security. We are seeking to address this problem by advancing a vertically integrated supply chain for natural UF₆, providing essential feedstock for commercial enrichment to power the world’s largest nuclear reactor fleet and supplying the unobligated U.S.-origin uranium required to fuel America’s nuclear navy. The proposed facility directly aligns with U.S. policy and would contribute to unlocking American enrichment growth.
“With UEC’s proven track record, sector leadership and team depth, UR&C is uniquely positioned to deliver on this national priority. Most importantly, by providing a critical cornerstone for a secure U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain, UEC would be a key part of President Trump’s program to quadruple America’s domestic nuclear energy capacity.”
Key highlights:
- Scale & Vertical Integration – UEC is the largest U.S. uranium company by estimated resources, licensed production and processing capacity. UR&C will position UEC as the only American company with a nuclear fuel supply chain capability from U₃O₈ production to refining, conversion, and delivery of natural UF₆ to enrichment plants for LEU and HALEU production.
- Aligned with American Energy Dominance Policies – This initiative responds to federal policy under President Trump’s recent Executive Orders that call for a fourfold expansion of U.S. nuclear capacity to 400 gigawatts by 2050 and reduced reliance on foreign sources of uranium. The orders include invoking the DPA to onshore the nuclear fuel cycle as a priority for national security with multiple agencies required to support the objectives.
- Near All-time High Pricing for UF₆ Conversion – Currently, the conversion price is in the range of $64-66/kgU in the spot market and approximately $52/kgU in the long-term market, indicative of a highly undersupplied market and a major bottleneck in the U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain.
- Largest and Most Modern Planned Conversion Facility in the United States – The current development and design focus aims to build the largest UF₆ conversion facility in the United States, standing amongst the most modern in the Western world. The conversion services plant will have a designed capacity to produce ~10,000 metric tonnes uranium (“MtU”) per year as UF₆, representing a substantial share of U.S. demand at 18,000 MtU per year.
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