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Australian uranium companies’ share price tumble

Uranium Companies, Bloomberg, by Shani Raja, 2 July 2011, Mining companies sank as an index of metals traded in London dropped 3 percent through June 30, driven by reports showing that manufacturing growth in China, the U.S. and Europe slowed in May. Speculation that rising inflation may prompt Chinese authorities to raise interest rates cut the shares.

Uranium miners Paladin Energy Ltd. (PDN) and Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. (ERA)tumbled more than 30 percent as the crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant continued to roil the global nuclear-energy market. Paladin’s valuation, at 1.6 times its assets, has fallen so much it may become a takeover target, Citigroup Inc. said in a June 21 report…… http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-01/australia-stocks-post-first-quarterly-loss-in-year-as-oil-prices-retreat.htmlhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-01/australia-stocks-post-first-quarterly-loss-in-year-as-oil-prices-retreat.html

July 2, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, business, uranium