Lualaba

American

[loo-ah-lah-bah] / ˌlu ɑˈlɑ bɑ /

noun

a river in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: a headstream of the Congo (Zaire) River. 400 miles (645 km) long.

Lualaba British

/ ˌluːəˈlɑːbə /

noun

a river in the SE Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), rising in Katanga province and flowing north as the W headstream of the River Congo. Length: about 1800 km (1100 miles)

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The bridge collapsed Saturday onto a flooded zone at the mine in Lualaba province, Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the provincial interior minister, told reporters.

From Barron's

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

EGC officially launched in March this year, but has yet to buy any cobalt partly because of a dispute over the Kasulo mine in Lualaba province that it planned to start buying from.

From Reuters

Companies in Lualaba have a month from July 2 to prepare sanitation measures and release all workers confined for more than a month.

From Reuters

In June dozens of miners were killed when a copper and cobalt mine in DR Congo's Lualaba province collapsed.

From BBC

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