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Kolwezi

Boom town, DR Congo.

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Mines

Worked atKamoa-KakulaKamoa-Kakula lies about 24 km away.1Worked atKamoto Copper Company (KCC) / Katanga Mining ComplexKamoto Copper Company (KCC) / Katanga Mining Complex lies about 8 km away.1Worked atMutandaMutanda lies about 38 km away.1

Events

Led toShaba invasions trigger a cobalt market panicKolwezi is part of this story: Shaba invasions trigger a cobalt market panic.1Led toDRC cobalt boomKolwezi is part of this story: DRC cobalt boom.1

Trade routes

Shipped throughKatanga and Copperbelt copper via Rhodesia to BeiraKolwezi was an end of the katanga and copperbelt copper via rhodesia to beira route.2Shipped throughKatanga copper via Lake Tanganyika to Dar es SalaamKolwezi was an end of the katanga copper via lake tanganyika to dar es salaam route.2Shipped throughKatanga copper via the Benguela Railway to LobitoKolwezi was an end of the katanga copper via the benguela railway to lobito route.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q33452611 (Kolwezi)
  2. Zaire SNCZ Railway Project, Staff Appraisal Report 1986-ZR (25 April 1979) World Bank

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Malachite on cobaltocalcite, Musonoi by Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0. Pictures: Chiquicamata Mine, Chile, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)).