Regulatory News
The Somaïr mine, operated by AREVA (Paris:AREVA), was the target of a terrorist attack this morning around 5:30 a.m. local time.
According to our information, 13 colleagues have been injured. They have been taken into the care by local emergency services.
The Niger forces ensure the reinforcement of the security on all of our sites.
AREVA works in close cooperation with the Nigerian and French authorities.
The group condemns this heinous attack against our personnel. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, as well as all of our employees present in Niger.
We express our solidarity with the government and the people of Niger during this shared ordeal.
MORE ABOUT AREVA
AREVA supplies solutions for power generation with less carbon. Its expertise and unwavering insistence on safety, security, transparency and ethics are setting the standard, and its responsible development is anchored in a process of continuous improvement.
Ranked first in the global nuclear power industry, AREVA's unique integrated offering to utilities covers every stage of the fuel cycle, nuclear reactor design and construction, and related services. The Group is also expanding its operations to renewable energies wind, solar, bioenergy, energy storage to be one of the leaders in this sector worldwide.
With these two major offers, AREVA's 47,000 employees are helping to supply ever safer, cleaner and more economical energy to the greatest number of people.
33 rue La Fayette 75442 Paris cedex 09 France Tél: +33 (0)1 34 96 00 00 Fax: +33 (0)1 34 96 00 01 /1
Contacts:
AREVA
Press Office
Julien Duperray
Katherine Berezowskyj
Jérôme Rosso
Alexandre Thébault
T: +33 (0)1 34 96 12 15
F: +33 (0)1 34 96 16 54
press@areva.com
or
Investors Relations
Marie de Scorbiac
marie.descorbiac@areva.com
T: +33 (0)1 34 96 05 97
or
Philippine du Repaire
philippine.durepaire@areva.com
T: +33 (0)1 34 96 11 51
