PARIS, November 15, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: The Board of Directors of SOMAÏR* met on 12 November 2024 and approved a motion to introduce protective measures which are essential for ...

Nicolas Maes, left, CEO of French nuclear firm Orano, signs an agreement on the exploitation of uranium with the former Nigerien Mining Minister Hadiza Ousseini in Niamey, in 2023 [File: Boureima Hama ...

Niger plans to nationalize 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 coup in ...

FILE PHOTO: Areva's Somair uranium mining facility is seen in Arlit DAKAR (Reuters) -Niger's main mine workers' union has thrown its support behind the military government's planned nationalisation of ...

Niger’s military government announced that it intends to put uranium produced by the SOMAÏR mine on the international market. Head of the junta, General Abdourahamane Tiani, told state television Tele ...

Today, Orano learned from media reports that a shipment of uranium had left the SOMAÏR mining site in Arlit, northern Niger. Orano states that it is not the initiator of this shipment and strongly ...

PARIS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - French nuclear fuels company Orano warned on Friday of a "deteriorating financial situation" at its Somair uranium plant in Niger, as the West African nation increasingly ...

Niger's government announced plans to nationalise the Somair uranium joint venture operated by French nuclear fuels company Orano, according to a statement read out on national television in the West ...

French state-owned nuclear energy company Orano said on Friday it opposed Niger’s planned nationalization of the Somair uranium mine operated by the company. Niger said late on Thursday it planned to ...

The French company Orano says litigation is now its only possible recourse after Niger's Council of Ministers announced plans to appropriate and nationalise the joint venture with Niger's state-owned ...

PARIS, November 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Today, Orano learned from media reports that a shipment of uranium had left the SOMAÏR mining site in Arlit, northern Niger. Orano states ...