The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the French embassy,” according to French president Emmanuel Macron.
Edit: Better known source says it is a baseless rumor circulating on social medias
Some accounts on social media are now circulating the claim that Niger has lifted prices from €0.80 per kilogram to €200. So far, there is no evidence for this beyond themselves quoting each other. The claim seems to trace back to a small digital outlet in Nigeria. Embarrassingly, the website has been confused as being from Niger itself.
Please note that I’m not taking sides; I was simply curious about the actual numbers, so I’m sharing them here in the hope that someone finds them interesting.
Questionable sites, not even going to link them. But Forbes states the following:
Some accounts on social media are now circulating the claim that Niger has lifted prices from €0.80 per kilogram to €200. So far, there is no evidence for this beyond themselves quoting each other. The claim seems to trace back to a small digital outlet in Nigeria. Embarrassingly, the website has been confused as being from Niger itself.
Ok even looking at market prices of uranium, around $80/kg, Niger is still selling at 100 times cheaper than market rates to france. That is ridiculous.
Any source for said price?
Edit: Better known source says it is a baseless rumor circulating on social medias
Sources (as shared by @goo@lemm.ee) : https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliasferrerbreda/2023/09/12/more-rumours-what-is-really-happening-with-nigers-uranium/
The average global price of Uranium per pound, in 2022, was $40.77 USD. Let’s convert it to kilograms.
2.205 pounds ~= 1 KG
2.205 * 40.77 = 89.89785 (~90 USD per KG)
In 2022, Niger supplied 20% of France’s uranium.
Sources:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/260005/monthly-uranium-price/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2023/08/04/how-dependent-is-france-on-niger-s-uranium_6080772_8.html
Please note that I’m not taking sides; I was simply curious about the actual numbers, so I’m sharing them here in the hope that someone finds them interesting.
Questionable sites, not even going to link them. But Forbes states the following:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliasferrerbreda/2023/09/12/more-rumours-what-is-really-happening-with-nigers-uranium/
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Can’t take this as reliable source. It just quote another article that doesn’t even have a source linked.
Yeah, that number seems to be contested: https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliasferrerbreda/2023/09/12/more-rumours-what-is-really-happening-with-nigers-uranium/
I should have eyeballed more of the search results.
At least you looked further than some.
Ok even looking at market prices of uranium, around $80/kg, Niger is still selling at 100 times cheaper than market rates to france. That is ridiculous.
Problem is that there is no proof that Niger ever sold at this price.
Just a random news website quoting no source. No document, no testimony.
That looks an awful like a fake news trying badly to push a false narative, at least to me.
The 0.8/kg is quite well documented, not just a single source.
Considering I never saw those documents, mind to link to some of those sources?