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Compagnie De Chemin De Fer Du Katanga
The ''Compagnie de Chemin de fer du Katanga'' (CFK) was a railway company in the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo between 1902 and 1952. It held the railway concession that linked the port of Bukama on the navigable section of the Lualaba River through the mining region and the town of Elisabethville (Lubumbashi) to Sakania, where it connected with the Rhodesian railway network. Operations were subcontracted to the ''Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga'' (BCK). Background The ''Compagnie du Katanga'' was founded in 1891 to explore the southeast of the Congo Free State. Under agreements of March 1891 and May 1896 the company was to occupy and develop Katanga, and in return gained full ownership of 1/3 of the land in Katanga Province and a 99 license to exploit the minerals in the granted land. Given the difficulty of determining the land boundaries, in 1900 the ''Compagnie du Katanga'' and the Congo Free State created the ''Comité Spécial du Katanga'' (CSK) to man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congo Free State
''(Work and Progress) , national_anthem = Vers l'avenir , capital = Vivi Boma , currency = Congo Free State franc , religion = Catholicism (''de facto'') , leader1 = Leopold II of Belgium , year_leader1 = 1885–1908 , title_leader = Sovereign , representative1 = F. W. de Winton , year_representative1 = 1885–1886 , representative2 = Théophile Wahis , year_representative2 = 1900–1908 , title_representative = Governor-General , today = Democratic Republic of the Congo , demonym = , area_km2 = 2,345,409 , area_rank = , percent_water = 3.32 , population_estimate = 9,130,000 , population_estimate_year = 1907 , population_density_km2 = 3.8 , GDP_PPP = , GDP_PPP_year = , HDI = , HDI_year = The Congo Free State, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Générale De Belgique
The ' ( nl, Generale Maatschappij van België; literally "General Company of Belgium") was a large Belgian bank and later holdings company which existed between 1822 and 2003. The ''Société générale'' was originally founded as an investment bank by William I of the Netherlands in 1822 when Belgium was under Dutch rule. After the Belgian Revolution in 1830, it served as the national bank until 1850. Its investments in the national economy contributed to the rapidity of the Industrial Revolution in the region. As a holding company, the ''Société générale'' exercised considerable indirect control over the Belgian and colonial economy. Various elements of the company, including its banking wing, were split off over the course of its existence. In the 1980s, Suez begun to buy up the company's shares and, in 1998, the ''Société générale'' was taken over by Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux. It ceased to exist in 2003 when it was merged with Tractebel to form Suez-Tractebel. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kambove Mines
The Kambove mines are a group of active or abandoned copper mines near Kambove in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were originally established by the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga under Belgian rule. Inactive mines in the region include Kabolela Mine, Kakanda deposit, Kambove Principal Mine and M'sesa Mine. Gécamines, a state-owned mining company, owns the Kamoya central, Kamoya south, Shangolowe and Kamfundwa mines. Other mines are Kambove West Mine and the "secret" Kamoya South II Mine. In January 2001 the Kababancola Mining Company (KMC) was established as a copper and cobalt mining partnership for a 25-year term. Tremalt, controlled by John Bredenkamp, held 80% of KMC while Gecamines held 20%. KMC gained the rights to mines, facilities and concentrators at Kambove and Kakanda. KMC made relatively low investment in these properties, continuing to operate the already-functioning Kamoya Mine but not opening the others. In March 2002 the DRC authorities took back c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubudi
Lubudi is a territory in the Lualaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... The territory holds the main factory of Ciments et materiaux de construction du Katanga (CIMENKAT). References Populated places in Lualaba Province Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRC-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshilongo River
The Tshilongo River (french: Rivière Tshilongo) is a river in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Course The watershed of the Tshilongo River, which flows from north to south, is west of the watershed of the Dipeta and Mofia rivers. The Tshilongo River originates just south of the village of Tshilongo and flows south-east to Tenke. Along this stretch the RP615 provincial highway and the Lubudi–Tenke railway run parallel to the river. The Tshilongo River then runs south from Tenke to join the Kando River. The Kando flows west to join the Lualaba River near Kolwezi. A new plant species, ''Streptocarpus malachiticola'', was found along the Tshilongo in the rocks bordering the right bank near Kabwe village in 1980. History The Compagnie de Chemin de fer du Katanga opened the section of the Lubumbashi – Bukama line that ran from Kamatanda Junction to Tenke and the Tshilongo River on 15 July 1914. The section from the Tshilongo River to Lubudi opened on 1 Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenke, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Tenke is a town in the Lualaba province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Economy The main economic activity of the city is mining, mainly from the Tenke Fungurume Mine. Another important economic activity is logistics services. Transport Road The city is crossed by Transafican Highway 9 (TAH 9), which connects it to the cities of Likasi and Kolwezi. Rail It is the junction of the national railway network of Congo, connecting the Benguela railway to the Cape to Cairo Railway. The Luxury Train Club. 2009 See also *Railway stations in DRCongo
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Kamatanda Junction
Kamatanda is a region just north of Likasi in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It gives its name to an open-pit copper mine, a railway junction, an abandoned airport and a residential area of Likasi. The Sanga people mined copper at Kamatanda in the pre-colonial period. The Belgian Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (UMHK) was established in 1906 and took over the mine. In 1966 possession passed to the state-owned Gécamines. Gécamines allowed artisanal miners to operate the mine, working in dangerous conditions for very low pay. The miners established an informal residential community around the mine, which suffered from lack of clean water and power, lack of drainage and pollution. Starting in 2016 Gécamines began modernizing the operation. A new ore crushing plant came into operation in 2019. Location In the early days Kamatanda was also called Sofumwango. It is in the Kambove District of Haut-Katanga Province. It is a few kilometers northeast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Likasi
Likasi (formerly official names: Jadotville ( French) and Jadotstad (Dutch)) is a city in Haut-Katanga Province, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Demographics Likasi has a population of around 635,000 (2015). During the 1990s the United Nations set up feeding centres and refugee centres in and around Likasi to assist with the refugees fleeing ethnic violence in Shaba, whose arrival had increased the population of the town some 41,000. History Shinkolobwe mine, 20 km west of Likasi (then called Jadotville), was described by a 1943 Manhattan Project intelligence report as the most important deposit of uranium yet discovered in the world. The uranium from this mine was used to build the atomic bombs used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. In 1961, during the United Nations intervention in the Katanga conflict, a company of Irish UN troops deployed to Jadotville was besieged and eventually surrendered to troops loyal to the Katangese Prime Minister Moï ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruashi Mine
The Ruashi Mine is an open-pit copper and cobalt mine operated by Metorex that is located about from Lubumbashi in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The project includes a plant to concentrate the ore from the Ruashi and Etoile mines, and a modern solvent extraction electrowinning (SX-EW) processing plant. As of 2008, annual capacity was estimated to be 10,000 tonnes of copper and 1,000 tonnes of Cobalt. Location The Ruashi mine is located at an elevation of about above sea level. The climate is sub-tropical, with annual rainfall of about falling mostly in the October to March period. Average temperatures are between and , with no marked difference between summer and winter. The region lies in a zone that would naturally be covered by Miombo Woodland, deciduous tropical woodlands. Lying on the edge of Lubumbashi, much of the woodland has been cleared. Tanganyika Concessions dug pits and trenches in the area in 1907. Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukama Bridge-pont - Panoramio
Bukama is a town in Haut-Lomami Province of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 42,718. Climate Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as a tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ... (''Aw''). References {{DRC-geo-stub Populated places in Haut-Lomami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Des Chemins De Fer Katanga-Dilolo-Léopoldville
Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA. Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the second largest food products group in France, behind Danone. It owns brands such as Parmalat, Président, Siggi's Dairy, Skånemejerier, Rachel's Organic, and Stonyfield Farm. History André Besnier started a small cheesemaking company in 1933 and launched its ''Président'' brand of Camembert in 1968. In 1990, it acquired Group Bridel (2,300 employees, 10 factories, fourth-largest French dairy group) with a presence in 60 countries. In 1992, it acquired United States cheese company Sorrento. In 1999, ''la société Besnier'' became ''le groupe Lactalis'' owned by Belgian holding company BSA International SA. In 2006, they bought Italian group Galbani, and in 2008, bought Swiss cheesemaker Baer. They bought Italian group Parmalat in a 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Des Chemins De Fer Léopoldville-Katanga-Dilolo
The ''Société des Chemins de fer Léopoldville-Katanga-Dilolo'' (LKD) was a railway concession owner in the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo. The network was built, maintained and operated by the ''Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga'' (BCK). History The ''Société des Chemins de fer Léopoldville-Katanga-Dilolo'' (LKD) was created through a 16 September 1927 agreement between the government and BCK, and was an administrative and financial vehicle. The government was its main shareholder, and granted it concessions for the three lines: Bukama–Port-Francqui, Tenke–Dilolo and Port-Francqui–Léopoldville. Construction and operation of the lines was subcontracted to BCK. BCK was responsible for all the track, and operated the network and equipment as a whole. The line from Tenke to Dilolo was completed in 1931. At Dilolo the BCK network connected to the Benguela railway, which carried goods to the port of Lobito on the Atlantic. In 1952 LKD merged with ''Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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