Frontier Mine, Sakania, Sakania Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congoi
Regional Level Types | |
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Frontier Mine | Pit (Active) |
Sakania | Town |
Sakania Territory | Territory |
Haut-Katanga | Province |
DR Congo | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
12° 43' 33'' South , 28° 28' 13'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Pit (Active) - last checked 2023
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
413131
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:413131:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0073d6c3-2af0-4f10-96d4-d7589207591d
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Kaluani; Frontier-Kishiba-Lufua
An open pit copper mine on the border with Zambia. A large tailings storage facility is located between the mine and Sakania.
Located in the territory of Sakania.
It is reported that many citizens in the area had their land and property expropriated by various mining companies and the mine is now operated by Eurasian Resources Group (owned 40% by the Kazakhstan government). According to Wikipedia (2021) the company supplies all of its copper product to China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group and Yunnan Copper.
A village was created for the displaced people (Kishiba).
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