Pascal Bollon

Tagged: 1910s

Mine de l’Étoile, Star Mine of Congo, Lubumbashi mine, Kalukuluku

A Malachite Genesis

Diamonds, copper, cobalt, uranium, … Name it, and Congo is likely to have it. The country, shrugging off civil war, regains its rank of second biggest producer of copper. Congo produces 2 thirds of the world’s cobalt today. Yes, that metal, for lithium batteries et alii. The metal of the 21st century. ...

Xmas 1919 in Panda Likasi

Whomever has been expat or away from home during the Christmas period, knows that very mixed feeling of longing for home, family and hearth, but also at the same time a bit relieved that you will not have to undergo all of the mandatory year-end socials. Today, planes are full,...