Editing Katanga Province (section)

==Economy==
Copper mining is an important part of the economy of Katanga province.<ref name="congo-pages">{{cite web |url=http://www.congo-pages.org/katart/copper.htm |title=COPPER |publisher=congo-pages.org |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223502/http://www.congo-pages.org/katart/copper.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Cobalt mining by individual contractors is also prevalent. A number of reasons have been advanced for the failure of the vast mineral wealth of the province to increase the overall [[standard of living]]. The local provincial budget was US$440&nbsp;million in 2011.<ref name=RadioOpaki>{{cite news |url=http://radiookapi.net/economie/2010/09/21/katanga-le-budget-2011-s%E2%80%99eleve-a-396-milliards-de-francs-congolais |date=21 September 2010 |title=Katanga: le budget 2011 s'élève à 396 milliards de Francs congolais |publisher=Radio Okapi |url-status= dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723234325/http://radiookapi.net/economie/2010/09/21/katanga-le-budget-2011-s%E2%80%99eleve-a-396-milliards-de-francs-congolais/ |archive-date=23 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=NISA2006>{{cite report |url=http://friendsofthecongo.org/pdf/fataltransactions.pdf |title=The State vs. the People: Governance, mining and the transitional regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo |publisher=Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa |location=Amsterdam |date=2006 |isbn=90-78028-04-1 |access-date=25 March 2013 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508203634/http://friendsofthecongo.org/pdf/fataltransactions.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>