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 report also highlighted a neighborhood in Kolwezi, home to 39,000 people, that has been facing continuous demolitions since 2015 to make way for an open-pit copper and cobalt mine.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023
"Deforestation is at its peak in the provinces due to the lack of an energy policy," said Guillaume Tshitende, a research scientist at the country's Kolwezi University.
From Reuters • Nov. 5, 2022
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
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