A thousand tonnes of contested uranium sitting in a Niamey compound has half the world bidding. Africa’s leverage over the minerals of the century is real — but Jamaica learned in 1974 that a better price and a better economy are not the same thing.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Calvin G. Brown, January 11, 2026 - There are roughly 1,000 tonnes of uranium concentrate — yellowcake, in the trade — stacked in a compound near Niamey airport, and a queue of buyers has formed around it.
