{"id":7788,"date":"2012-02-09T01:49:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/areva-ex-ceo-wants-expert-to-probe-uramin-report\/"},"modified":"2012-02-09T01:49:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T23:49:02","slug":"areva-ex-ceo-wants-expert-to-probe-uramin-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/areva-ex-ceo-wants-expert-to-probe-uramin-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Areva ex-CEO wants expert to probe UraMin report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">PARIS<\/span> Feb 8 (Reuters) &#8211; Former Areva head<br \/>\nAnne Lauvergeon asked a French court on Wednesday to appoint an<br \/>\nexpert to examine the circumstances under which the nuclear<br \/>\ngroup ordered a probe in 2010 into the controversial purchase of<br \/>\nCanadian miner UraMin.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>UraMin is at the centre of a dispute between the ousted<br \/>\nchief executive and the state-owned group, which has withheld<br \/>\nher 1.5 million-euro ($2 million) severance bonus and written<br \/>\ndown almost all of the value of the $2.5 billion transaction.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The role of Lauvergeon, removed by the government in June,<br \/>\ncame into focus late last year when she found a confidential<br \/>\nreport by ALP Services revealing her spouse had been spied upon<br \/>\nto see if he had &#8220;illegally benefited&#8221; from the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This document came after a report in March 2010 by Marc<br \/>\nEichinger, owner of small French intelligence company Assistance<br \/>\nPetroleum International Capital (APIC), suggesting UraMin may<br \/>\nhave been a scam.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lauvergeon and her lawyers blame those who received the 2010<br \/>\ninvestigation report for not respecting Areva&#8217;s internal<br \/>\ncontrols by raising the alarm as soon as they read that the<br \/>\nacquisition could have been fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The APIC study prompted Areva to order a counter<br \/>\ninvestigation that led to the ALP Services report. Both reports<br \/>\nwere commissioned by Areva&#8217;s security offices, with the ALP one<br \/>\nunder the responsibility of mining chief Sebastien de Montessus.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lauvergeon and her lawyers claim the APIC report does her<br \/>\n&#8220;considerable harm in terms of image and reputation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The APIC report plays, so it seems, a central role because<br \/>\nit is a pseudo justification to use illegal means (thereafter),&#8221;<br \/>\nLauvergeon told journalists at the court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Areva&#8217;s lawyer, Jean Reinhart, told the court the APIC<br \/>\nreport did not call the ex-CEO into question.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS Feb 8 (Reuters) &#8211; Former Areva head Anne Lauvergeon asked a French court on Wednesday to appoint an expert to examine the circumstances under which the nuclear group ordered a probe in 2010 into the controversial purchase of Canadian miner UraMin. 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