Niger grants uranium permits to Russian Gazprombank

[Sunlei]

Source: reuters

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger’s ruling military junta has awarded Russia’s Gazprombank rights to explore and produce uranium at two sites, according to a statement read over state TV late on Thursday.

“The company Gazprombank GTB NGS of the Gazprom group has been awarded mining conventions for research and mining of uranium on the perimeters of Toulouk 2 and Toulouk 4,” according to a government statement, refering to mining blocks in the northern Agadez region.

Niger is a leading uranium exporter, and the top supplier of the nuclear fuel to France’s power industry.

Gazprombank, one of Russia’s largest lenders and a former banking arm of state-owned energy giant Gazprom, holds a minority stake in Russian nuclear firm Atomstroyexport - which is helping build Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant.


Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE70R0BA20110128

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Is this the Real Story

behind the deaths of four US Servicemen? So did Donnie hatch a deal with Putin? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Loyd]

2. Hillary must be Involved!

[riversedge]

13. maybe someone will listen to fox news tonight and let us know. If not Hillary, then

some old policy of Obama's!!!

[PatSeg]

3. I literally gasped when I read the headline

Can't say I was surprised though.

[C Moon]

4. Mystery abounds. Is Trump's residency being written by a fictional or sci-fi author?

It just doesn't sound real.

[lapfog_1]

5. Are we covertly running security for Russian uranium mining

I don't mean patrolling their compounds or personal bodyguards...

But we could be in Niger to root out Islamic militants PRIMARILY because of interest in having a secure Niger for uranium.

Perhaps THAT was the subject of the private chat that Trump and Putin had at the G8 summit in Germany. Putin said "well, if you can't lift the sanctions like we asked you to, perhaps central command could be more aggressive in Niger and remove ISIS/Al Queda from the countryside for us?"

[Still In Wisconsin]

6. My God, a script that reads like a bad, far-fetched spy thriller is actual US foreign policy.

Thanks, TRUMP. Thanks, Russia.

[Achilleaze]

7. republicans & their Draft-Dodger-in-Chief are popping corks, no doubt

to celebrate the glorious contract VICTORY of their russian comrades.

Meanwhile, tut tut, the republican "commander" too damn busy golfing to acknowledge or honor four dead US Green Berets for ten freaking days.

Disgusting. republicans should hang their heads in collective shame for NigerGhazi.

[Marthe48]

8. Recall fake yellowcake? From Niger? Saddam Hussein? Went to war in Iraq?

Just wondering if there is a tie-in to old history.

http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,463779,00.html

[DK504]

9. First thought through my head:

Well, of course they are. Mystery solved.

But the emails!!!!!! Benghaziiiiiiii

[poli-junkie]

10. Rachel's Niger/US Soldiers' deaths inquiry

just got answered. Hope she digs further...

[CCExile]

11. Oh my God!!!!!

Why did Hillary DO that!?

[Sunlei]

12. anyone think this is payment for ambush attack/kill our elite military, just a couple days ago?

red flag! red flag!

[dbackjon]

14. Green Beret's died for Russian Uranium

[Cicada]

15. Russia has huge domestic Uranium supplies so this story means little.

Russian firms have expertise in mining for Uranium in Russia so they can make a profit mining in Niger. This isn’t a significant event.

[Sunlei]

18. Russia can refine outside of their country to ship to whatever country they want. Russia builds Ir

Russia builds Nuclear facilities in places like Iran.

Russia can also pollute like crazy in another undeveloped country and no one will notice.

[wishstar]

16. One of the fallen soldiers was a nuclear expert per MSNBC

American military presence along with French almost certainly involves securing the uranium in Niger

[Sunlei]

17. somethings wonkie about this ambush of our elite military troops. IMO, Russia backed the prepared, w

IMO Russia backed the prepared, well armed attackers and they knew in advance our militaries plans.