Union Minière du Haut-Katanga was a mining company active in Belgian Congo and especially its Katanga Province. It controlled and operated the mining industry in the copperbelt region, now part of the
Former head office in Brussels from 1931 to 1994
UMHK ore processing in Élisabethville (modern-day Lubumbashi) in 1917
Shinkolobwe mine
Mining by the Union Minière du Haut Katanga, 1922
State of Katanga
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The State of Katanga was a breakaway state that proclaimed its independence from Congo-Léopoldville on 11 July 1960 under Moïse Tshombe, leader of the local Confédération des associations tribales du
Union Minière du Haut-Katanga
…Belgian Congo became independent in June 1960. After a brief period of political unrest, Katanga Province seceded unilaterally from the Congo to form the State of Katanga under Moïse Tshombe. Fearing that the Congo's left-leaning political leaders, especially Patrice Lumumba, would nationalise its holdings, the UMHK…
A Katangese postage stamp issued in 1961. Although Katanga was not a member of the Universal Postal Union, its stamps were tolerated on international mail.
Katangese gendarme in 1961
Swedish troops detain a white Katangese mercenary.