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Cameco reports $62-million Q4 loss, revenue down

Uranium miner Cameco says the loss amounted to 16 cents per share for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of 36 cents per a year earlier. File / Global News

Cameco Corp. lost $62 million in its latest quarter, an improvement from the year-earlier loss of $144 million.

The Saskatoon-based uranium miner says the loss amounted to 16 cents per share for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of 36 cents per a year earlier.

On an adjusted basis, Cameco says it earned $181 million or 46 cents per share in the last three months of 2017, up from $90 million or 23 cents per share in the final quarter of 2016.

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Revenue in what was its fourth-quarter totalled $809 million compared with $887 million in the year-earlier quarter.

On Thursday, Cameco announced the appointment of Ian Bruce as chair of its board of directors effective following the company’s annual meeting on May 16.

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Bruce will succeed Neil McMillan, who is retiring from the board.

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