Niger’s transitional administration has taken over the nation’s only industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian-owned ...

NIAMEY: Niger’s military government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s sole industrial gold mine, accusing ...

Niger’s military government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s only industrial gold mine, accusing its ...

Niger’s military government has taken control of the country’s only industrial goldmine, accusing its Australian operator of ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger's army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country's west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing material linked to the manufacture of ...

Niger plans to nationalise a uranium mine operated by French nuclear firm Orano as it continues to pivot away from former colonial ruler, France. The company, which is 90 percent owned by the ...

Orano holds a 63% stake in Somair, while Niger's state-owned Sopamin owns the remainder. The government said last week that Orano had taken 86.3% of production between 1971, when the mine was ...

NIGER plans to nationalise a uranium mine operated by a French state-owned company, accusing the firm of taking a disproportionate share of the Somair mine’s commercialised production. The move ...

Niger's main mine workers' union has thrown its support behind the military government's planned nationalisation of Somair, one of the world's largest uranium mines, saying output will continue ...