CORRECT: BHP Expects Uranium Sales To China Within A Year
July 23 2009 - 1:48AM
Dow Jones News
BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP.AU) said Thursday that it expects to
start exporting uranium to China in the near future.
"Obviously, we see China as a growing market for us and we would
expect to have sales to them in the near future," said Dean Dalla
Valle, chief operating officer of BHP's Australian uranium
unit.
When pressed on a time frame, he said the miner's Olympic Dam
operation in South Australia state will start exports to China
"within a year."
-By Stephen Bell, contributing to Dow Jones Newswires;
61-8-9244-4243; sgbell@bigpond.com