The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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| See also: | Other events of 2008 History of the DRC | ||||
Incumbents edit
Events edit
January edit
Katanga Mining acquires Nikanor plc for $452 million.[1]
February edit
- Findings of the mining contract review announced.[2]
- February 7: Prairie International and the Central African Mining and Exploration Company (CAMEC) announced that operations at Mukondo had restarted.[3]
May edit
Cobalt production operations resume at Katanga Mining's Luilu Metallurgical Plant after an extensive restoration program.[4]
November edit
Katanga Mining announced temporary suspension of mining and ore processing at the Kolwezi concentrator due to the depressed price of cobalt.[5]
References edit
- ^ Katanga Mining. "History: Katanga Milestones". Archived from the original on 2012-01-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Katanga Mining. "History: DRC Milestones". Archived from the original on 2012-01-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Christy Van Der Merwe (February 7, 2007). "CAMEC, Prairie restart operations at DRC mine". Mining Weekly.
- ^ "Katanga Project Update". August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013.
- ^ "Kolwezi Concentrator Update" (PDF). Katanga Mining. November 21, 2008. Retrieved 2011-11-06.