Kambove
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Coordinates: 10°52′35″S 26°35′49″E / 10.87639°S 26.59694°E
Kambove is a town in Haut-Katanga District, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
Kambove lies at an altitude of 4783 ft (1457 m). Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing.[2] Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines region.[3] Gécamines, a state-owned mining company, owns the Kamoya central, Kamoya south, Shangolowe and Kamfundwa mines.[4] Ore from these mines is transported to the concentrator at Kambove for extraction of copper and cobalt.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ National Geographic Atlas of the World: Revised Sixth Edition, National Geographic Society, 1992
- ^ www.africaintelligence.com
- ^ "Kambove, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)". Mindat. http://www.mindat.org/loc-18222.html. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "Exploitation". Gécamines. http://www.gecamines.cd/exploitation.php. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "GCM GROUPE CENTRE". Gecamines. http://www.gecamines.cd/groupe_centre.php. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
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