That growth has transformed global energy markets and sustained higher prices for everything from oil to uranium and other natural resources that China has been consuming.

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China's growth has transformed global energy markets and sustained higher prices for everything from oil to uranium and other natural resources that the country has been consuming.

WSJ: China Becomes World's Biggest Energy Consumer

For 30 years, only a handful of utilities companies bought uranium, and they bought it from a uranium trader like Atlanta-based American Fuels Resources or New York Nuclear Corp.

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Brazil has known resources of 278, 000 tonnes of uranium, or 5% of world tota, according to the World Nuclear Association.

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People also need to trade with friends to get resources such as oil, copper, iron and uranium, in order to build their empires.

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In addition, the Canadian economy, the world's 10th biggest, is endowed with natural resources increasingly valuable in this century--like potash and uranium.

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