Niger plans to nationalize the Somair uranium mine operated by France’s Orano after months of worsening relations between the French state-owned company and its local partners following a 2023 coup in the West African nation. Niger’s decision to nationalize Somair comes amid a wave of mine nationalizations across West Africa, prompting concerns from global miners …
On June 19, 2025, the Government of Niger announced, in an official statement following its Council of Ministers meeting, its intent to appropriate SOMAÏR, a joint venture co-owned since 1968 by Orano and SOPAMIN, which represents the Nigerien State within the mining company’s shareholding. This expropriation move is yet a further step in the military …
Orano and Navoiyuran announce an agreement laying the foundations for the industrial development of the South Djengeldi uranium mining project of their joint venture Nurlikum Mining. According to the terms of the agreement, the South Djengeldi project will be integrated into the existing industrial base of Navoiyuran that will be the project’s operator. The agreement …
France’s state-owned nuclear fuel company Orano has selected Oak Ridge, Tennessee as a preferred site to build a multi-billion dollar U.S. uranium enrichment plant, Tennessee and Orano officials said on Wednesday. The move comes months after the administration of President Joe Biden signed legislation meant to eventually end dependence on Russia, the world’s top supplier …
Russian environmentalists are sounding the alarm about a radioactive leak threat as floodwaters approach a uranium mine in the region of Kurgan in Russia’s Urals mountains. The Russian Urals region and neighboring northern Kazakhstan have suffered the worst flooding in 80 years amid heavy rainfall exacerbated by large snowfalls, which are melting rapidly as a …
The US House voted Monday to approve legislation that would bar the importation of enriched Russian uranium, sending the measure to the Senate where it has support but limited time for passage this year. The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, which was approved by voice vote, would bar Russian uranium imports 90 days after enactment …
Leaders from the United States, Canada, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom today announced plans to mobilize $4.2 billion in government-led investments to develop a secure, reliable global nuclear energy supply chain. These investments will enhance uranium enrichment and conversion capacity over the next three years and establish a resilient global uranium supply market free …
Legislation that would bar the import of enriched Russian uranium into the US has been teed up for a vote in the US House of Representatives. The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, by Washington Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, has been scheduled for consideration next week under an expedited procedure that requires two-thirds majority to pass, …
The contract will see Urenco continuing to supply Ukraine’s Energoatom with enriched uranium until 2035, with an option to extend the contract to 2043. The contract was signed by Energoatom President Petro Kotin (pictured above, centre) and Urenco CEO Boris Schucht (third from the right) during the World Nuclear Exhibition 2023 in Paris. Urenco, a UK-Dutch-German company, …
French company Framatome is planning the construction of a nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the UK as part of its plans to scale-up its operations in the country. In a separate development it also announced it was setting up a joint venture with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation. The company says that the proposed facility in …