Areva's Imouraren uranium mining project in Niger will likely start production in 2014 after delays caused by kidnappings of foreign workers in the country's north, mines minister Omar Hamidou Tchiana said on Tuesday.
Tchiana added that a deal reached with partners last week raising the country's extraction price of uranium to 73,000 CFA francs ($150) per kilogram from 70,000 CFA/kg would provide a boost to the West African state's economy.
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