Arlit
Ahrit is the city of northern Niger, the city of Agades, the county capital of Arlit. Population 80,000 people. It is an important place in the Niger economy as the central city of uranium mining in Niger. Arlit is located in the center of the Sahara desert. Located on the western foot of the Ayr Mountains, going 200 km north is the Algerian border. Uranium ore was discovered in Arlit in 1969. For Niger, which did not have important export items, uranium ore in eryth was a clue to economic development. In the suburbs there are two uranium mines of the Ahrit Mine and Akuta mine, and uranium is mined in open pit mining (English: open top strip mining). In the 1980s, which was the heyday, 40% of the world uranium demand was covered by these two mines, and the export value of Niger ...