French uranium miner Orano said on Wednesday its majority-owned joint venture with Niger, SOMAIR, is on the verge of bankruptcy as a result of export restrictions imposed by Niger's military ...

Trump’s executive orders aim to quadruple US nuclear power capacity from 100 GW to 400 GW by 2050. Annual uranium demand could increase from 50 million pounds to 200 million pounds U₃O₈. UxC said this ...

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 ...

French nuclear fuel giant Orano’s uranium mining subsidiary in northern Niger is on the verge of bankruptcy, raising alarms ...

French uranium miner Orano said on Wednesday its majority-owned joint venture with Niger, SOMAIR, is on the verge of bankruptcy as a result of export restrictions imposed by Niger's military ...

General Abdourahamane Tiani, who secured his first presidential mandate at the end of March, is trying to maintain the ...

Niger plans to nationalise the Somair uranium mine operated by France's Orano after months of worsening relations between the French state-owned company and its local partners following a 2023 ...

Niger achieved independence from France in 1960 and the former colonial power managed to secure exclusive access to Niger's uranium supply through various agreements.

Niger’s military-led government has declared the nationalization of the Somair uranium mine, previously operated by the French state-owned nuclear en ...

Hundreds of assailants killed 34 Nigerien soldiers in an attack in western Niger not far from the Malian border on Thursday, the defence ministry said. The "cowardly and barbaric" assault in the ...

Since seizing power in 2023, Niger's military leaders have said they want to keep more local control of the country's mineral wealth, and have distanced themselves from France, the former colonial ...