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Musonoi Mine
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The Musonoi mine is a set of open-cut pits near Kolwezi from which copper and other metals have been extracted since the 1940s. The mining complex is located in the Lualaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kolwezi is about 320 kilometres (200 mi) northwest from Lubumbashi, the provincial capital.
Metatorbernite from the Musonoi Mine
Metatorbernite from the Musonoi Mine
A steam shovel loading copper and cobalt ore to be processed at Musonoi Mine in the 1980s or the 1990s.
A steam shovel loading copper and cobalt ore to be processed at Musonoi Mine in the 1980s or the 1990s.
Kolwezi
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Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It has an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi. Just outside of Kolwezi there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Inga-Shaba. The population is approximately 573,000.
A specimen of Kolwezite (green), a rare copper-cobalt mineral named after Kolwezi, and pink cobaltoan calcite.
A specimen of Kolwezite (green), a rare copper-cobalt mineral named after Kolwezi, and pink cobaltoan calcite.