The French nuclear group Areva announced on Monday dismissals in 2018 in one of its subsidiaries in Niger. Several hundred workers would be affected, according to a union source.
“Market conditions are very difficult and uranium prices are very low at $ 20 a pound. Soma�r must adapt its industrial organization and adjust its workforce,” AFP source.
The Soma�r is one of Areva’s two subsidiaries in the desert north of Niger. Areva has not specified the number of posts that will be (...)