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Areva bags licence to operate world’s second biggest uranium mine

Areva bags licence to operate world’s second biggest uranium mine
domain-b.com news 16 January 2009

After months of negotiation, the French nuclear energy group Areva has been granted a license to build and operate the Imouraren uranium mine in Niger, the biggest in Africa and the second biggest in the world.

The Imouraren deposit is the largest known uranium deposit in Africa, and the world’s second largest, after Australia’s Olympic Dam deposit…………………….Under the agreement, Areva will have a 66.65-per cent share in the newly created mining company, with the remaining 33.35 per cent being owned by the State of Niger.

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January 17, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs