“A tournant dans les relations entre le géant (du nuclear) français en l’État nigérien.” C’est ainsi qu’Air info qualify the announcement through the control of these uranium extraction activities in Niger. “Dance one communique on December 4, the French group accuses the Autorités Nigériennes of requesting decisions from the board of directors, putting the company in a financial impasse,” resumes the diary in Agadez, in central Niger.
The company and the demand are the Société des Mines de l’Aïr (Somaïr). Fondée in 1967, it is a loss of 63.4% of Orano, the old Areva, and 36.6% of the Société du patrimoine des mines du Niger (Sopamin).
Les points litigieux between the two parties renounce notamment aux “blockades of the export of uranium and (à) the perte du permis d’Imouraren (a gisement of uranium not exploited) in June dernier. The accumulation of 1,150 tons of uranium, an estimated value of 200 million euros, reflects a critical situation for Somaïr, which is facing a logistical and financial impasse.”
La fermeture de la frontière entre le Niger et le Bénin, successive coup d’état on July 26, 2023, an amputation of the approval chain in uranium