Niger granted a large-scale uranium-mining permit previously held by French nuclear company Orano SA to a state-controlled entity, cementing the military junta’s takeover of the Somaïr mine

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🇳🇪🇫🇷 PM Lamine Zeine told the UN it will be sold openly and within nuclear non-proliferation rules. He says French operators sabotaged equipment when they left, so Niger spent about 30 billion CFA francs restarting production with only Nigerien workers. Niger took the Somair mine from France's Orano in 2025. Orano won a tribunal order barring sales from it.