The crisis that’s affecting the African nation, which has about 5% of the world’s uranium.
French nuclear group Orano SA is halting the processing of uranium ore at one of its facilities in Niger because international sanctions against the military junta are hampering logistics.
Operations continue at the group’s Somair mine, which is 37% owned by the Niger government, the company said.
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