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Japan Nuclear Restart Portends Uranium Deals: Real M&A
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Uranium takeovers are on the verge of a comeback that would put companies from Denison Mines Corp. to Fission Uranium Corp. in play.
Prices of the radioactive metal are forecast to climb more than 40 percent by the end of the year as Japanese power plants restart nuclear reactors that have been shut down since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima. The rebound in uranium demand may fuel takeovers as buyers try to get ahead of rising prices, Bank of Nova Scotia said. The median price-book ratio for uranium stocks is almost half the level it was before the disaster, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.