04-07-2019 16:37 via kvoa.com

Congo security forces to dislodge illegal miners at site

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities say that police have been deployed to a private mining concession in southeastern Congo that is a subsidiary of the Swiss-based mining company Glencore.
Glencore confirmed that the Congolese military is in the Kolwezi area near a mining concession operated by its subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company.
The move comes after at least 43 illegal miners were killed during a landslide at another KCC-operated site in Congo’s Lualaba province.
An official in the
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