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Lubumbashi

Boom town, DR Congo.

About Lubumbashi

Is a commune in the center of the city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.1

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People

Led byMoise TshombeHe proclaimed Katanga's independence on 11 July 1960.2

Mines

Worked atRuashiRuashi lies about 10 km away.1

Events

Led toUnion Miniere du Haut Katanga createdLubumbashi is part of this story: Union Miniere du Haut Katanga created.1Led toUnion Miniere nationalised as GecaminesLubumbashi is part of this story: Union Miniere nationalised as Gecamines.1

Trade routes

Shipped throughKatanga copper ore to BelgiumLubumbashi was an end of the katanga copper ore to belgium route.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q3264690 (Lubumbashi)
  2. Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer: Tshombe, Moise Kapenda (PDF) Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (KAOW-ARSOM)
  3. Money D., Teh L., Race at Work: A Comparative History of Mining Labor and Empire on the Central African Copperbelt and the Fushun Coalfields, ca. 1907-1945 International Labor and Working-Class History 101 (Cambridge University Press)

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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