Kambove mines

Kambove mines
Location
	Kambove mines
Province	Katanga Province
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates	10°48′46″S 26°35′09″E / 10.812868°S 26.585745°E
Production
Products	Copper, cobalt
Owner
Company	Gécamines
Website	www.gecamines.cd

The Kambove mines (French: Société minière de Kababancola) 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.^[1] Gécamines, a state-owned mining company, owns the Kamoya central, Kamoya south, Shangolowe and Kamfundwa mines.^[2] Other mines are Kambove West Mine and the "secret" Kamoya South II Mine.^[1]

In January 2001 the Kababancola Mining Company (KMC) was established as a copper and cobalt mining partnership for a 25-year term.^[3] Tremalt, controlled by John Bredenkamp, held 80% of KMC while Gecamines held 20%.^[4] 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.^[3] 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.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Kambove, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)". Mindat. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ "Exploitation". Gécamines. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Looting of mineral resources in the DRC: the bottom card of the company KMC". The Conscience. 9 March 2006. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
^ Barry Sergeant (6 May 2007). "Copper/cobalt bull elephants square up in the DRC". Mining Newsletter. United Nations. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
^ Europa Publications (2003). Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Routledge. p. 275. ISBN 1-85743-183-9.

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[MindatKamboveRegion-1] "Kambove, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)". Mindat. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

[2] "Exploitation". Gécamines. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

[laconscience-3] "Looting of mineral resources in the DRC: the bottom card of the company KMC". The Conscience. 9 March 2006. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

[4] Barry Sergeant (6 May 2007). "Copper/cobalt bull elephants square up in the DRC". Mining Newsletter. United Nations. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

[5] Europa Publications (2003). Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Routledge. p. 275. ISBN 1-85743-183-9.

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