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The Kambove mines are a group of active or abandoned copper mines near
The Kambove mines are a group of active or abandoned copper mines near Kambove
Kambove is a town in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kambove lies at an altitude of 4783 ft (1457 m). Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing.
Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines region ...
in 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 ...
. They were originally established by the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga
The ''Union Minière du Haut-Katanga'' (French language, French; literally "Mining Union of Upper-Katanga") was a Belgium, Belgian mining company (with minority British share) which controlled and operated the mining industry in the copperbelt r ...
under Belgian rule.
Inactive mines in the region include Kabolela Mine, Kakanda deposit, Kambove Principal Mine and M'sesa Mine.
Gécamines
La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines) is a Congolese commodity trading and mining company headquartered in Lubumbashi, in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a state-controlled corporation founded in ...
, 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
Tremalt Limited was a mining company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands which owned assets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was the vehicle for a highly criticized deal in 2001 in which it bought copper assets at far below ...
, controlled by John Bredenkamp
John Arnold Bredenkamp (11 August 1940 – 18 June 2020) was a Zimbabwean businessman and rugby union footballer. He was the founder of the Casalee Group.
Early life
Born in South Africa, Bredenkamp moved with his family to Southern Rhodesia wh ...
, 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 control of the Kambove concentrator from Tremalt following a complaint by the manager of KMC against Gecamines at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
See also
*Katanga Supergroup
The Katanga Supergroup is a Neoproterozoic sequence of geological formations found in central Africa. The formation is well-studied for its rich stratiform copper-cobalt deposits mined extensively in from the Central African Copperbelt in Zamb ...
*Central African Copperbelt
The Copperbelt () is a natural region in Central Africa which sits on the border region between northern Zambia and the southern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is known for copper mining.
Traditionally, the term ''Copperbelt'' includes the ...
References
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