The structure for the world of uranium.
Part of our series of tools to consider and visualise geopolitical influence and companies’ exposure to geopolitics in the world of uranium.
The world is witnessing a nuclear renaissance. As the global community strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 and addresses the growing energy demands driven by the rise of artificial intelligence, the need for nuclear energy is becoming increasingly crucial. Consequently, the demand for uranium is rising, necessitating its mining.
Geopolitics is increasingly key for uranium mining. The security of supply is crucial and must be factored in.
The graph and its data tables, the report and the user manual, help you considering and visualising geopolitical influence as well as companies’ exposure to geopolitics in the world of uranium mining.
This graph represents the structure for the world of uranium. It focuses on the one hand on uranium endowment through mines for countries, and on the other on mining companies and their complex web of shareholdings.
To show how the graph and its database can be used, we present 9 use cases accompanied by an analysis.
Intelligence and law enforcement agencies use graphs for security related matters, such as fight against criminal networks and counter-terrorism. We put this experience and knowledge, as well as our expertise in political science, international relations and geopolitics, at the service of the world of uranium.
9 Use Cases:
- Who owns what
- Actors to court
- Which country has the largest reserves and resources (starting from mines – bottom-up approach)?
- Which country (minus Olympic Dam) has the largest reserves and resources?
- Sino-Russian Extension
- What if Niger’s two “vacant” deposits were given to Russia (or China)?
- Mines and Companies
- A global vision of mines according to their reserves and resources, the weight of the Olympic Dam Mine
- A global vision of mines according to their reserves and resources, without the Olympic Dam Mine
Extensive Data
The graph’s database covers:
- 29 states involved in uranium mining as producers or operators through private or public companies.
- 164 companies, subsidiaries and organisations including 40 main consolidating companies;
- 136 mines, deposits and projects, including 126 mines and deposits with their reserves and measured and indicated resources
- 19 mills.
Data is updated to mid-July 2024, using as much as possible 2023 annual reports (published in 2024).
The fusion between Paladin and Fission is included and considered as successful.
Use “The World of Uranium – 1”
Interact with the graph according to your needs, and:
- Visualise global uranium reserves and resources per country and go beyond textual and usual chart-based perspectives.
- Visualise the system and its parts and go beyond a fragmented perspective.
- Visualise spheres of influence and moves to extend these areas.
- Visualise groups with few or no linkages with the rest, and which, as a result, could become the target of interest and “influence” operations.
- Create “what if” scenarios for mining permits holding, merger and acquisition, and visualise how these can be exposed to geopolitics.
- Present your arguments with crisp graphs.
- Compare mines visually.
- Use filters to find mines.
- Use filters to find mining permits holders.
- Etc.
Download a sample of a very small part of the graph to experiment with the pdf quality: Scale up and down the document.
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The graph nodes and edges
The graph is constructed with:
- 389 nodes: Countries (category S as State), Mines (M), Companies (C), Mills (P) presented by row, with, for each node, their country, category, calculated reserves and M&I resources in tU / tonne (kgU as U3O8), given reserves and M&I resources of U3O8 in original unit of reference, and notes and reference.
- 601 edges (arrows – the relationships between the nodes): for each edge, a weight, either a % of shares held or calculated reserves and M&I resources in tU / tonne (kgU as U3O8), then the given reserves and M&I resources of U3O8 in original reference unit, and, finally, references and notes.
- Conversion used:
1 lbU3O8 = 0.384647 kgU as U3O8
1 tU / tonne (kgU as U3O8) = 2599.79 lbsU3O8
Files, User Manual and Report
Files are available under various graph format (.gephi and .graphml) and as .csv.
The user manual explains how to use the database and its graph using the free open source reference software Gephi.
Onboarding one hour training with Dr Lavoix to use The World of Uranium can also be arranged. Contact us for further information.
On top of the basis version, you will get a series of different versions of the graph and its visualisations, provided in an additional single file (a Gephi file). These versions exemplify the graph in action, highlighting different geopolitical perspectives.
These graphs, the question to which each graph answers, an explanation on how to obtain the visualisation and an analysis outline are further detailed in the companion report, which also highlights how the database has been constructed.
You will be entitled to purchase The World of Uranium – 2: Mines, States, Companies and Shares of Reserves and Resources – Database and Interactive Graph as an option, at a 70% discount on the usual price.
What is included in your purchase
Files
1- The original graph and its data tables: a series of files which contain the original database and its graph
- To use with Gephi (leading third party software open source and free):
xxx.gephi
- To use with yEd Graph Editor `(third party software by yWorks)
xxx.graphml
- Other formats (3 files)
xxx.graphml
edgesxxx.csv
nodesxxx.csv
2- The “graph in action”: a file with 6 ready to use workspaces, five displaying different versions of the graph and its visualisation and the last one with a pre-prepared filter
- To use with Gephi (leading third party software open source and free):
xxx.gephi
The manual: Use Gephi for the World of Uranium
A step by step user manual, with detailed screenshots, explaining how to install then use Gephi for the World of Uranium.
The companion report: The World of Uranium 1, Mines, States and Companies – Database, Graph and Examples
This report presents the rationale behind the construction of the graph, the scope, and, as examples, various versions of the graph with explanation and analysis outlook. This report is the companion to the file “the graph in action”.
Six months to exercise the option to purchase The World of Uranium – 2 at a discount
You will be entitled to purchase The World of Uranium – 2: Mines, States, Companies and Shares of Reserves and Resources – Database and Interactive Graph as an option, at a 70% discount on the usual price.
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