World Nuclear News

Browse by Tags

• Areva
• Uranium

• Niger Uranium buys stake in Henkries deposit

  Niger Uranium has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 74% of Namakwa Uranium, owner of the Henkries uranium project in South Africa. A government agency will continue to hold the rest. Posted Sep 04 2008, 12:34 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Niger

• Niger kidnap victims freed

  Four French uranium employees kidnapped in northern Niger on 22 June have been released. Areva announced on 25 June that the four had been handed over to the International Red Cross and would be leaving for France soon. All were reported to be in good health. The four were kidnapped by ethnic Tuareg group the Movement of the People of Niger for Justice (MNJ), which is fighting for the north of the country to enjoy an increased share in benefits from the region's mineral resources. Niger ranks in the world's top five uranium producing countries, with nearly 9% of world output coming from its two mines. Posted Jun 26 2008, 10:18 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Uranium, Niger

• French uranium employees kidnapped in Niger

  French nuclear company Areva is working with authorities in France and Niger to liberate four of its expatriate employees kidnapped by Tuareg rebels in Niger's Arlit region. Areva confirmed that the four kidnapped employees were in good health and had been able to contact the company. Local press reports have added that the ethnic Tuareg group the Movement of the People of Niger for Justice (MNJ) took the four French employees while they were out jogging in the centre of the town of Arlit, and the group – three men and a woman – include the group's local operations director and a geologist. MNJ has targeted employees of uranium companies before. In 2007 the group kidnapped a Chinese executive from a uranium prospecting company releasing him several days later. A few months earlier, it attacked the Imouraren uranium mine in north Niger, which is operated by Areva. The MNJ claims to be fighting for greater benefits from uranium mining for the inhabitants of northern Niger. Posted Jun 23 2008, 10:45 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, Niger