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Sites / Niger

COMINAK (Akouta)

Uranium mine / mill · Agadez (Akokan), Niger · operated by COMINAK (Orano)

Status

Closed

Production (2024)

0 tU

Mining method

Underground

Ownership

Orano (59%), Sopamin (Niger state) (31%), OURD (Japan) (10%)

Published figures

Estimated
Production (2024)0 tUsource
Mining methodUndergroundunsourced
OwnershipOrano (59%), Sopamin (Niger state) (31%), OURD (Japan) (10%)source

Closed March 2021 after producing ~75,000 tU since 1978 — one of the largest underground uranium mines ever; site under decommissioning.

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