Uranium & Fuel

Niger To Put Somair Uranium On Open Market, Says State Media

By David Dalton
1 December 2025

Move follows French company Orano’s condemnation of ‘illegal’ shipment

Niger To Put Somair Uranium On Open Market, Says State Media
The Somair open pit uranium mine in Niger. Image courtesy Maurice Ascani / Orano.
Niger’s military regime has announced it is putting uranium produced by Somair – a subsidiary of French nuclear fuel cycle company Orano before the African nation’s rulers nationalised it in June – on the international market.

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