Editing Katanga Province (section)

===Mining companies===
*[[Gécamines]], (''La Générale des Carrières et des Mines'', the former UMHK), the state-owned copper-cobalt mining company, had monopoly concessions in the province.
*[[Katanga Mining|Katanga Mining Ltd]] ''TSX:KAT'' operates a major mining complex in Katanga province, producing refined copper and cobalt with the "potential of becoming Africa’s largest copper producer and the world’s largest cobalt producer".<ref name=KatangaHist>{{cite web |url=http://www.katangamining.com/kat/about_us/history |title=History: dead link |publisher=Katanga Mining |access-date=16 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110080329/http://www.katangamining.com/kat/about_us/history |archive-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> Katanga Mining Ltd is majority-owned by Swiss [[commodity]] trader [[Glencore|Glencore DCC]].<ref name=glencore>{{cite report |title=Katanga Mining |url=http://www.glencore.com/katanga-mining.html |access-date=25 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607074359/http://www.glencore.com/katanga-mining.html |archive-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A [[joint venture]] of Katanga Mining (75%) and Gécamines (25%) began mining [[Tilwezembe]], an open-pit copper and cobalt mine, in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.investis.com/kat/operations/reportsoperational/techreport-mar09.pdf |title=An Independent Technical Report on the Material Assets of Katanga Mining Limited... |date=17 March 2009 |publisher=SRK Consulting |access-date=6 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506114820/http://www.investis.com/kat/operations/reportsoperational/techreport-mar09.pdf |archive-date= 6 May 2012}}</ref>