Kambove

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Coordinates: 10°52′35″S 26°35′49″E / 10.87639°S 26.59694°E / -10.87639; 26.59694

Libethenite crystals to 3 mm from Kambove. Specimen size: 8.0 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm.

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]

Notable births

Cecile Kyenge an Italian minister of Letta Cabinet is born in Kambove.

References

  1. ↑ National Geographic Atlas of the World: Revised Sixth Edition, National Geographic Society, 1992
  2. ↑ www.africaintelligence.com
  3. ↑ "Kambove, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)". Mindat. Retrieved 2011-11-03. 
  4. ↑ "Exploitation". Gécamines. Retrieved 2011-11-03. 
  5. ↑ "GCM GROUPE CENTRE". Gecamines. Retrieved 2011-11-08. 
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