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Uranium contracts with foreign firms exploit Niger

Uranium Major Niger Urged to Review Contracts,  ABC News,  NIAMEY (Reuters)  14 March 2010, – The new junta ruling in Niger, one of the world’s biggest uranium producers, should review and possibly renegotiate dozens of resource exploitation contracts, civil rights groups said on Saturday. The West African state, which produces 7.5 percent of the world’s uranium, has a longstanding partnership with French nuclear group Areva as well as more recent ones with Australian, Canadian, Chinese, South Korean and other groups.

“Given the opacity surrounding the granting of mining and oil permits in recent years, we urge the immediate creation of a commission of inquiry … and any necessary steps, notably the renegotiation of contracts,” the ROTAB group, a collective of anti-corruption pressure groups, said in a statement.

Uranium Major Niger Urged to Review Contracts – ABC News

March 15, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Niger, secrets,lies and civil liberties | cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, radiation, uranium