In June 2024, Nigerien leaders revoked the mining license for the French state-owned Orano to operate the IMOURAREN mine, one of the world's largest uranium mines. Niger could also revoke the ...

Orano said it has been excluded from the Imouraren mine in northern Niger which sits on an estimated 200,000 tonnes of the metal, used for nuclear power and weapons. Mining was meant to have ...

Over the past year, Niger has revoked the mining license for France’s Orano to operate the IMOURAREN mine, one of the world’s largest uranium mines. Burkina Faso has followed suit ...

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi's two-day visit to Niger included meetings with Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine ...

Working conditions in Niger Last month AREVA SA (EPA:AREVA) had union and labor relations problems at its Imouraren uranium mining project in Niger. A week-long strike resulted from a dispute with ...

(Bloomberg) -- Orano SA is considering reviving a project to mine uranium in Namibia after ... revoked Orano’s license for developing the Imouraren mine last year. Somair’s production has ...

On Thursday Grossi met Niger's junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, along with the mining, foreign and energy ministers to explore "deepening cooperation". "Nuclear science and ...

The government - which changed following a 2023 coup d'état - also withdrew French company Orano's operating permit for its Imouraren uranium mine last year. Orano initiated ICSID proceedings against ...