Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

Miners on the banks of a large mine embankment on 23 April 2018 in Kolwezi in the DRC.
Miners on the banks of a large mine embankment on 23 April 2018 in Kolwezi in the DRC. © Caroline Thirion/AFP
The mining entrepreneur Joseph Kazibaziba has launched a pilot project in the Katangese province to exploit artificial deposits in order to transform them into copper cathodes. Close to the government, he has hired a stepdaughter of a presidential adviser to help his mission along. [...]
Reading time 4 minutes Olivier Liffran

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