Africa. Print page; Last updated: 26 february, 2010 - 13:12 GMT Katanga insight. BBC World ... The former colonial power, Belgium invested more in the south of Katanga, ...

Though its mines provided the uranium for the Nagasaki and Hiroshima A-bombs, the durable giant known as the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga had never been so preoccupied with explosives as it ...

April 23, 2013: Trouble continues to plague the eastern Congo, but at the moment rising tensions in the Congo’s southern regions has the attention of the UN and several foreign governments. Troubles ...

South Africa: Anglo Set for Katanga Bid - UK Paper. 10 September 2007. ... Katanga Mining is rehabilitating a substantial former copper and cobalt mine near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of ...

Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo is blessed with enormous natural wealth, including vast deposits of precious minerals such as diamonds, gold, and tantalum. Katanga saw a ...

This is a dead city, a battlefield where vultures circle overhead and the smell of panic is stronger than the stench of the unswept, palm-fringed boulevards. The shops are barred, the restaurants ...

A significant amount of the electricity generated will go to the DRC's mining heartland of Katanga. South Africa and Nigeria have also expressed interest in importing power from the Grand Inga Dam.

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Katanga insight 26 February, 2010 - 13:12 GMT Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has rich deposits of copper and cobalt, minerals that are important in world trade and industry.