But some global buyers see an opportunity in the current market crisis. With one of the world’s largest investors this week making a leap into the sector. That’s the sovereign wealth fund of Oman. Which agreed to invest up to $120 million to fund a uranium development project in Spain — and potentially take a significant chunk of the uranium supply from the operation. The Oman fund said it will make the investment as a combination of debt and equity in project developer Berkeley Energy. Which is advancing the Salamanca project, currently under construction and expected to begin output in 2019. The move is a big one for the Oman government. Representing the first entry by this major investment group into the uranium sector. And the timing isn’t a coincidence. With Oman’s first nuclear plant slated to come online next year — supplying baseload power to the nation. That […]