Nuclear geopolitics. Shifting sands along Africa’s Uranium Road

... Russia's longstanding ally, Algeria. Niger is the world’s fifth largest producer of U3O8. But its current production is three fold less than newcomer Kazakhstan. Through a contractual arrangement with Areva “yellow cake” from Niger is underselling top producer Kazakhstan by a big margin, which could be considered dumping by the World Trade Organization. But the uranium club doesn’t play by WTO “dumping” rules. According to nuclear and mining trade publications Russian ...