Niger rss

French hostages in Niger 'alive and well'

Corporate

04 January 2013

Four French nationals including an Areva employee who have been held captive in Niger by Al Qaeda's North African arm for over two years are in good health, France's foreign minister has told their relatives.

Toshiba secures Niger uranium supplies

Exploration and Nuclear Fuel

23 April 2012

Madaouela (GoviEx)_48Toshiba has secured the right to a "significant portion" of the output from the planned Madaouela uranium mine in Niger under a convertible debt-financing agreement with exploration and development company GoviEx.

Rosatom signs international deals

New Nuclear

04 June 2012

Kiriyenko opens AtomExpo 2012 76x48Nigeria signed a cooperation accord with Russia towards the construction of its first nuclear power plant today at the AtomExpo event in Moscow. Bangladesh and South Africa also agreed to extend their nuclear cooperation with Russia.