French state-owned nuclear engineering firm Areva SA
(AREVA.FR) Monday said the output at its uranium mines hit a record in 2012 at
9,760 tons.
MAIN FACTS:
- Areva's mining sites in
Kazakhstan
and
Niger
beat their all-time highs for the second consecutive year: KATCO
reported output of 3,661 tons of uranium (53 tons more than in 2011) and SOMAIR
reported 3,065 tons of Uranium (339 tons more than in 2011).
- The other Nigerien mine, COMINAK, also turned in an
outstanding performance, with 512 tons as Areva's share and a total of 1,506
tons.
- The
Trekkopje site in
Namibia
produced 251 tons.