Nuclear geopolitics. Shifting sands along Africa’s Uranium Road
... Organization just 68,864 tons of U308 were produced, meeting 86% of world demand for nuclear power generation. According to the WNO around 63 percent of the world-wide production of uranium comes from mines located in Kazakhstan, Canada and Australia. Even with French president Francoise Hollande sitting at 18 percent popularity in the polls France has conducted interventions in its former colonies; the Central African Republic, Mali and Niger all of which contain uranium deposits. China has become the new player in the club and its presence is being felt along Africa’s Uranium Road, the meridian that ...