Ore from the mine is processed at Jaduguda into a substance called U308 - commonly known as yellow cake - and then sent to the Nuclear Fuel Complex in the southern city of Hyderabad, where uranium fuel rods are produced.

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And while other sectors of the energy complex, such as natural gas and oil appear set to benefit from the fall from grace that uranium is facing, the situation in Japan has created an inflection point in the market.

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