Military authorities took over mine in 2024 leaving French company without operational control
Niger is ready to return the uranium produced by Orano at the Somair (Société des Mines de l’Aïr) mine to the French nuclear company, two months after unidentified attackers who staged an assault on the capital came dangerously close to the stockpile, various reports said.
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