#Niger holds the world's seventh-largest #Uranium deposits. In 2019 only, about 2,982 tonnes of uranium was produced by the two operating mines of the country.

The current #Uranium production occurs from the open-pit operations of #SOMAÏR (Société des Mines de l’Aïr), near the town of Arlit, about 1,100 km north of the capital Niamey.

#SOMAÏR is 63.4 per cent owned by 🇫🇷 #French company Orano and 36.66 per cent owned by Sopamin (Société du Patrimoine des Mines du Niger), a Niger state-owned company.

- WION