nostly on contracts with Niger and Gabon to supplement its more substantial dornestic uranirm production, in L977 the French Commissariat d 1'6nergie atonique entered into an agreenent vith Johannesburg Consotidated fndustries r,rhich entaiLecl -Francers provision of a S1OO roil.lion interest-free loan for gold and uranium development in exchange for 900 raetric tonnes of uranium per year for 10 years at a price ot ,52'f /Ib - W ln turn, according to Lrade sources, the United Kingdon will purchase l,300netric tonnes of uranium per year until 1982 fron the Rossing mine in Nemibia, or anoroxinately 5J r:er cent of current. BTitish ""qyil:T"it^::-.9 Similarly, Taiwan is rcported to have signed a contract to purchase 4'uuv rlcLlr- tonnes of uraniu.n betveen 19Bl+ and. 1990 fron South Africa. 18/ Dernonstratin5 in 12l lbid., pp. 22-2J. !3/ I,IIJS corDoration , Foreifln Uraniur Surrly , pp. l+-1 , l+-J ; and Nuclear---:-:-----:-:--ASSUranCe UOrDOra-C1On, SOUIn ArIrCa , p, l.-7r. l4l NUS CorDoration, Foreign Uranium Suooly, p. 4-3. G/ ,rurr.r, J, }/*t.ru"t., Uranium, Nonproliferation and Ene"gy security (Paris: The Atlartic Institute for fnternational Affairs, 1979), pp. 95-97. 15/ ttFrance Secures Long-Term S. African Uraaiu:n supply", Financial Tirnes ( rona6T) , ? June 1977. 17 l,lucl,ear Ner,rs " July 1978. lV !&rlg_Eg:ilSSS_yeettv., 1)+ April 1980, p. 2\.,,"/'li / I+a? il-nali s h Annex !-age I 0 yet another rn'ay the dependence of selected llestern countries on south African-controlled uranium, it is reported that, after canada, south Africa is the second.rnost irnportant supplier to the countries of the European Econonic cormunity. 1p/
**Analysis**
The text appears to discuss the global uranium market and the agreements between various countries and companies to purchase and supply uranium. It highlights the dependence of Western countries on South African-controlled uranium and the agreements between France, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan to purchase uranium from South Africa. The text also mentions the prices and quantities of uranium being traded.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, International trade