Aug 1 (Reuters) - North American Palladium Ltd PDL.TO
* North American Palladium announces return to profitability with its second quarter 2017 financial results
* Q2 earnings per share C$0.14
* Q2 revenue rose 76 percent to C$70.3 million
* North American Palladium Ltd qtrly mill production of 50,222 ounces of payable palladium in comparison to 38,203 payable ounces produced in Q2 2016
* North American Palladium Ltd- all in sustaining costs were US$644 per ounce sold in Q2 versus US$699 in Q2 2016
* North American Palladium-Q3 production to be "slightly impacted" by rehabilitation work in underground ore bins, will reduce production over 3 week period
* Qtrly underground production was 455,169 tonnes, at an average grade of 3.9 grams per tonne, up 66 percent