A total of 1,150 tonnes of uranium concentrate from 2023 and 2024 stocks -- the equivalent of nearly half of annual production in Arlit -- are being blocked, according to Orano. It is worth around ...

The French firm has been present in Niger since 1971. A uranium mine at Arkokan has been closed since 2021 but Orano runs another uranium mine in the northern region of Arlit despite what it calls ...

Navoiyuran produces around 7% of the world's uranium (Image: Navoiyuran) According to the agreement signed by French nuclear materials group Orano and state-owned Uzbek uranium producer Navoiyuran, ...

Niger's junta has ordered three Chinese officials working in the oil sector to leave the country, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters on Friday, in the latest move by regional military ...

Africa’s first and second-largest uranium producers, Namibia and Niger, exported most of their output to China and France. However, new producers, like Mauritania, are now emerging, resulting in the ...

The project hosts one of the biggest uranium resources in the world ... GoviEx has signed a letter of intent with the Niger government agreeing to a structured roadmap that details a mutually ...

French nuclear fuels company Orano and Uzbekistan's state-owned uranium producer, Navoiyuran, have formalised an agreement for the industrial development of the South Djengeldi uranium mining project.

PARIS, March 12, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Orano and Navoiyuran announce an agreement laying the foundations for the industrial development of the South Djengeldi uranium mining ...

The loan finances part of the total investment of nearly 1.7 billion euros that Orano is devoting to a 30% increase in uranium enrichment capacity at its Orano Tricastin site. It strengthens ...

Orano had already decided in October to suspend production in Niger owing to what it termed ... Orano's permit to exploit one of the largest uranium deposits in the world, Imouraren, which holds ...

The Niger junta has torn up defence agreements with the United States and former colonial power France. Authorities also took control of French nuclear fuels company Orano’s Somair uranium mine.