** Shares of Paladin Energy PDN.AX rise nearly 20% so far this week to A$13.365, on track for their biggest weekly jump since the week ended April 26
** Uranium producer's stock jumped 13% on Wednesday after posting 16% sequential jump in Q2 production of uranium oxide (U3O8) from Langer Heinrich mine, Namibia
** Q2 sales volume was 1.43 million lb at $71.8/lb, vs 0.53million lb at $67.4/lb in Q1
** Expects FY production to trend towards the upper end of the guidance range of 4.0 to 4.4 million lb U3O8
** PDN down 0.1% on the day; YTD up about 39%
(Reporting by Keshav Singh Chundawat in Bengaluru)
((Keshav.singhchundawat@thomsonreuters.com))