Kolwezi
Americannoun
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He was sent to Kolwezi, a remote but strategically vital city - Jeamie's father Makasi explains what happened next.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
The groups said they interviewed 133 people affected by evictions related to cobalt and copper mining in six locations around the city of Kolwezi in Lualaba Province during separate visits in February and September 2022.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023
In 2017, Zijin Mining, a Chinese state-backed company with a slogan of “Harmony Begets Wealth,” raised almost $700 million from a sale of private shares to develop its Kolwezi mine.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2021
At a cobalt mine named Mutoshi in Kolwezi, freelance Congolese workers known as creuseurs—French for miners—could be seen in May descending underground without helmets, shoes or safety equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 13, 2018
However, that production growth profile could change due to the suspension of the company's Kolwezi copper tailings project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2010
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