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Russia’s Rosatom and France’s Orano denied they have held talks about a potential deal regarding uranium assets held by Orano in Niger, the groups said, rejecting a report saying they were in discussions.
However, Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom said on Tuesday it had no plans to acquire uranium mining assets. The West African nation has the continent’s highest-grade uranium ores and is the world’s seventh-biggest producer of uranium, the radioactive metal used as fuel for nuclear energy.
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