French nuclear fuels company Orano says its operations in Niger are continuing despite the unstable situation caused by the overthrow of the country’s elected president.
However, it says it is monitoring the situation and has set up a crisis unit “to prioritise the safety of its employees”.
In a statement announcing its half-year results, Orano said it did not consider the coup “to have any immediate impact on its activities in Niger or on the value of its assets”.
Orano sources less than 10% of uranium from Niger for use by French nuclear power plants, the AFP news agency quotes the company as saying.
Niger has been in a crisis since soldiers announced a coup on Wednesday, saying they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation’s borders.