By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila DAKAR (Reuters) -French uranium miner Orano said on Wednesday its majority-owned joint venture ...

Niger's military junta says it will nationalise the majority French-owned local uranium company in the latest escalation in a row between the two countries. Somaïr is operated by French nuclear fuels ...

Niger's government says it will nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture operated by French company Orano over allegations that it took a disproportionate share of the uranium produced at the site.

French uranium miner Orano has warned that its majority-owned joint venture in Niger is nearing bankruptcy. ・French uranium ...

Niger’s government said Thursday it would nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture operated by French company Orano and accused it of taking a disproportionate share of the uranium produced at the site.

Niger was once the 4 th largest uranium producer, while now it is the 7 th. Global Atomic Corp., a Toronto-based firm, had been exploring in the country for 18 years.

The measures mark another step in the Sahel country's move away from French colonial rule and towards sovereign energy.

NIAMEY, Niger — Nigerien military authorities have withdrawn the operating permit for a large uranium mine from the French company Orano, the company said, significantly escalating tensions ...

Niger's military authorities did not respond to a request for comment. Orano has been operating in Niger, the world’s seventh biggest supplier of uranium, for over 50 years, and holds majority ...

Niger's Azelik uranium mine, owned and operated by Chinese companies, is at the geographic and economic fringes of a continent-wide wave of Chinese investment, goods, and people.

ARLIT, Niger/PARIS (Reuters) – When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners’ huts stranded between the sun-blasted ...

Somaïr is a joint venture between Orano and Niger’s state-owned Sopamin, which operates the only active uranium mine in the country. But last year, authorities took operational control of Somaïr.