Lubumbashi Latest News (Katanga, Congo, The DR of)

The upcoming DRC Mining Week Online's opening session on 14 June will feature a keynote address by the country's mining minister, H.E. Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi.

The international mining community is gearing up for DRC Mining Week Online – a two-day digital gathering of the DRC local and international audience aimed at sharing and highlighting the key themes driving the country's mining industry in 2021.

"We are ready to embrace the recovery and celebrate the mining sector which has once again proven its resilience amidst a global and sweeping pandemic," says Emmanuelle Nicholls, the Group Director, Mining and Natural Resources at Clarion Events Africa,..

The organisers of the long running DRC Mining Week expo and conference, have announced that the live event, which was to take place in Lubumbashi from 7-9 October this year, has been moved to 15-17 June 2021.

Global mining giant Barrick, leading sector banker Standard Bank and mining services specialist Fraser Alexander are amongst the mining industry's who's who that have pledged their support for the upcoming Digital DRC Mining Week that is taking place...

Due to the current status of the global COVID-19 virus and the ban applied on mass gatherings by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Clarion Events Africa is rescheduling DRC Mining Week.

The Honourable Prof Willy Kitobo Samsoni, DRC's Minister of Mines will address the opening session of this year's DRC Mining Week exhibition and conference, taking place in Lubumbashi from 7-9 October.