Niger accounts for only a small percentage of global production of natural uranium. "In 2022, Niger was second largest supplier of natural uranium to the EU, with share of 25.38 percent," ESA told AFP. "Kazakhstan, Niger, and Canada were the top three countries delivering natural uranium, providing 74.19 percent of the total," it added. "Overall, deliveries of natural uranium to EU utilities are well diversified, but several utilities buy their natural uranium from one supplier only," said the report. To be burned as fuel in a nuclear reactor, natural uranium needs to be purified, transformed and then enriched.

Source: Daily Nation August 01, 2023 13:12 UTC