Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Australian Uranium Exploration Spending Jumped in 2006 on Demand, Prices

(Bloomberg) -- Australian uranium exploration
spending jumped more than 70 percent in the year ended March 31
to a 25-year high, driven by rising demand and a jump in prices
for the fuel for nuclear power generation.

Expenditure on uranium exploration rose to A$77 million ($66
million), with more than 200 companies looking for the
radioactive metal in 2006, up from 34 in 2005, Federal Industry
Minister Ian Macfarlane said today in an e-mailed statement,
citing figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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