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[–] 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Any source for said price?

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.

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/

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    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.

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    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.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    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.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliasferrerbreda/2023/09/12/more-rumours-what-is-really-happening-with-nigers-uranium/

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  • [+] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can't take this as reliable source. It just quote another article that doesn't even have a source linked.

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  • [+] -17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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