atw Vol. 63 (2018) | Issue 5 ı May
2018
January 2018
• Uranium: 21.75–24.00
• Conversion: 6.00–7.00
• Separative work: 38.00–42.00
February 2018
• Uranium: 21.25–22.50
• Conversion: 6.25–7.25
• Separative work: 37.00–40.00
March 2018
• Uranium: 20.50–22.25
• Conversion: 6.50–7.50
• Separative work: 36.00–39.00
| | Source: Energy Intelligence
www.energyintel.com
| | Uranium spot market prices from 1980 to 2018 and from 2008 to 2018. The price range is shown.
In years with U.S. trade restrictions the unrestricted uranium spot market price is shown.
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Cross-border Price
for Hard Coal
Cross-border price for hard coal in
[€/t TCE] and orders in [t TCE] for
use in power plants (TCE: tonnes of
coal equivalent, German border):
2012: 93.02; 27,453,635
2013: 79.12, 31,637,166
2014: 72.94, 30,591,663
2015: 67.90; 28,919,230
2016: 67.07; 29,787,178
| | Separative work and conversion market price ranges from 2008 to 2018. The price range is shown.
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In December 2009 Energy Intelligence changed the method of calculation for spot market prices. The change results in virtual price leaps.
2017
I. quarter: 95.75; 8,385,071
II. quarter: 86.40; 5,094,233
III. quarter: 88.07; 5,504,908
IV. quarter: 94.07; 6,754,798
2017, year: 91.28, 25,739,010
| | Source: BAFA, some data provisional
www.bafa.de
EEX Trading Results
March 2018
(eex) In March 2018, the European
Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a
total volume of 222.4 TWh on its
power derivatives markets (March
2017: 311.2 TWh). In Dutch Futures,
EEX achieved its highest volume so far
at 4.1 TWh. On the French market,
volumes increased by 19% to
24.4 TWh (March 2017: 20.4 TWh)
while volumes on the Italian market
increased by 12% to 36.0 TWh (March
2017: 32.1 TWh). In total, the German
and Austrian markets (Phelix-DE,
Phelix-AT and Phelix-DE/AT) recorded
a volume of 141.6 TWh (March
2017: 225.9 TWh).
The March volume comprised
119.2 TWh traded at EEX via Trade
Registration with subsequent clearing.
Clearing and settlement of all
exchange transactions was executed
by European Commodity Clearing
(ECC).
The Settlement Price for base
load contract (Phelix Futures) with
delivery in 2019 amounted to
36.08 €/MWh. The Settlement Price
for peak load contract (Phelix Futures)
with delivery in 2019 amounted to
44.73 €/MWh.
On the EEX markets for emission
allowances, the total trading volume
more than doubled to 246.6 million
tonnes of CO 2 in March (March 2017:
117.5 million tonnes of CO 2 ). In
particular, the development was
driven by a significant increase of
volumes on the secondary market
where EEX achieved a new monthly
record of 99.1 million tonnes of CO 2 .
Primary market auctions contributed
75.1 million tonnes of CO 2 to the total
volume. Furthermore, 72.5 million
tonnes of CO 2 were traded in EUA
Options which is the highest monthly
volume so far in this product and
almost 3-fold the previous record
volume which was traded in February
2018.
The EUA price with delivery in
December 2018 amounted to
9.99/13.68 €/ EUA (min./max.).
| | www.eex.com
MWV Crude Oil/Product Prices
February 2017
(mwv) According to information and
calculations by the Association of the
German Petroleum Industry MWV e.V.
in February 2018 the prices for
super fuel, fuel oil and heating oil
noted inconsistent compared with
the pre vious month January 2018.
The average gas station prices for Euro
super consisted of 137.27 €Cent
( January 2018: 136.84 €Cent, approx.
+0.31 % in brackets: each
information for pre vious month or
rather previous month comparison),
for diesel fuel of 119.50 €Cent
(120.48; -0.81 %) and for heating oil
(HEL) of 59.15 €Cent (62.27 €Cent,
-5.01 %).
The tax share for super with
a consumer price of 137.27 €Cent
(136.84 €Cent) consisted of
65.45 €Cent (47.68 %, 65.45 €Cent)
for the current constant mineral oil
tax share and 21.92 €Cent (current
rate: 19.0 % = const., 21.85 €Cent)
for the value added tax. The product
price (notation Rotterdam) consisted
of 38.08 €Cent (27.74 %, 40.17 €Cent)
and the gross margin consisted of
11.82 €Cent (8.61 %; 9.37 €Cent).
Thus the overall tax share for super
results of 66.68 % (66.83 %).
Worldwide crude oil prices
(monthly average price OPEC/Brent/
WTI, Source: U.S. EIA) were slightly
lower, approx. -4.26 % (+8.36 %) in
February 2018 compared to January
2018.
The market showed a stable
development with higher prices; each
in US-$/bbl: OPEC basket: 63.48
(66.85); UK-Brent: 65.32 (69.08);
West Texas Inter mediate (WTI):
62.23 (63.70).
| | www.mwv.de
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