Shares in Cameco fell precipitously, as the company lowered its long term forecasts for the industry.
Cameco expects sales to be heavily weighted toward the second half of the year.
The ship carried the uranium to Canada, where it was bought by Cameco, a private firm.
Cameco shares have moved sharply higher in recent weeks thanks to a surge in world uranium prices.
In a per share basis, Cameco earned an adjusted 18.5 cents per share, in line with expectations.
Jerry Grandey, Cameco CEO, told Reuters he was confident his firm would meet its 2011 revenue forecasts.
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Cameco, for example, has said that uranium prices must reach their pre-Fukushima levels before development would become profitable.
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Cameco also runs four Canadian nuclear reactors through its investment in Bruce Power.
Cameco expects uranium production to total 21.9 million pounds in 2011, with sales volume hitting 31 to 33 million pounds.
Cameco ( CCJ - news - people ), GE created a joint venture called Global Laser Enrichment.
Wednesday's report comes amid heightened market chatter about nuclear energy and uranium miners, such as Cameco Corporation and Uranium Energy Corp.
The mine has been plagued by flooding and other problems but Cameco says it is on track to begin production in mid-2013.
Cameco Corp. shares are currently trading off about 0.9% on the day.
Cameco Corp. shares are currently trading up about 5.5% on the day.
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Cameco Corp. shares are currently trading down about 4.7% on the day.
Cameco is the largest player in the highly volatile uranium space.
Cameco Corp. (NYSE:CCJ) is the largest uranium producer in the world.
The big price move has prompted renewed investor interest in Cameco.
The other two uranium plays are much smaller companies than Cameco.
Yes, the run-ups on some industry stocks make them pricey: Canada's Cameco, which does everything from mine uranium to run plants, trades at 68 times trailing earnings.
Yes, the run-ups on some industry stocks make them pricey: Canada's Cameco, which does everything from mine uranium to run plants, trades at 60 times trailing earnings.
Cameco Corporation, based in Saskatoon, Canada, is one of the largest uranium producers in the world, accounting for 16% of global production, according to its website.
Two of Leibovit's long recommendations are a bottle-full of value in shares of Coca-Cola and the glitter of gold and uranium in shares of mining and processing outfit Cameco.
Cameco, France's Areva and Britain's Rio Tinto among them control 60% of the world's uranium supply, so he pondered if they understood that the rising prices weren't a blip.
As the nuclear energy and uranium businesses recover from the crisis that was the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan, Cameco posted second-quarter earnings that reveal big drops in revenue and profit.
These range from miners, such as Canada's UEX, to suppliers of turbines and other plant gear (Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Russia's United Heavy Machinery) to the all-purpose giants (Cameco and Areva).
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