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Société Ciments Du Katanga
Ciments du Katanga (CMKT or Cimenkat) is a company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that makes cement and related products. It was established during the copper boom of the early 1920s to supply the new mining and refining companies, including worker housing and industrial construction. Creation Katanga is in the heart of the continent and has no navigable water route to the ocean. The ores from the rich copper mines of the region had to be refined to reduce their bulk, and thus cut transport costs. Cimenkat was one of a number of construction-related companies founded to support housing for the growing workforce and other types of construction for the mining companies. The Société Ciments du Katanga was created by royal decree on 16 January 1922 to supply cement to the rapidly growing Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (UMHK) and other companies in southern Katanga and the two Kasais. The founders included the Société Belge et Minière du Katanga, the Compagnie du Congo p ...
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