** Australian uranium miners gain sharply after Russian
President Vladimir Putin said Moscow should consider limiting
exports of the radioactive metal among others
** A potential shortage in supply drives local uranium
miners such as Paladin Energy PDN.AX , Boss Energy BOE.AX and
Bannerman Energy BMN.AX up between 8.5% and 11.4% as of 0405
GMT
** PDN, BOE among the top gainers on the ASX 200 benchmark
.AXJO
** YTD, PDN lost 1.3%, BOE shed 28.9% and BMN down 12.5%
(Reporting by Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru)
((Sneha.Kumar@thomsonreuters.com;))