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Mountain collapse in Congo reveals tonnes of copper, netizens say ‘hope Brits won't come and steal’
It lies in the copper belt of Africa, a 450km stretch that extends from northwest Luanshya, Zambia, to Katanga in Congo. The region has been known for large-scale copper mining for more than a ...
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DRC: history is repeating itself in Lubumbashi as the world scrambles for minerals to go green
It developed railways, cities, labour camps and mining sites throughout Katanga. This allowed UMHK access to the extraction of another resource that would shape the global geopolitical landscape ...
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Government soldiers in the Katanga Province. © 2006 Marcus Bleasdale
Hundreds of people have been brutally killed and more than 150,000 have fled their homes in remote parts of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Local residents of the area ...
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MMG places Kinsevere cobalt plant on ice
Cobalt, a key battery metal used in the production of electric vehicles (EVs), is one of the DRC’s major exports. The move ...