By Rhodri Morgan Uranium-holding vehicle Yellow Cake today reported a near half-billion-dollar profit in its latest financial period as uranium spot prices hovered near 15-year highs. In its half-year results covering the six months to the end of September 2023, the company said profit after tax totalled $458m (£364m) in the period, from a loss of $145m (£115m) last year. The profit was driven by a 45.1 per cent increase in the spot price of physical uranium (UO or triuranium octoxide). The price of the commodity rose from $50.65 per pound to $73.50. Yellow Cake purchased an additional two mil…