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Niger, Africa’s second largest uranium producer, should see great growth

International Mining | September 16, 2009 | 1:12 am Energy Uranium 

Niger, which became independent from France in 1960 and has a democratic government, is the world’s sixth largest uranium producer. Output in 2008 was 3,032 t, representing 7% of total world uranium production. Areva’s Arlette and Akoula mines, responsible for...

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