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Compagnie Minière Des Grands-Lacs
The ''Compagnie Minière des Grands-Lacs'' (MGL) was a Belgian mining company active in the Belgian Congo and then in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was established in 1923 and in 1976 merged with other companies into the ''Société Minière et Industrielle du Kivu'' (SOMINKI). The company was active in the eastern regions of Maniema and Kivu, with its main center at Kamituga in today's South Kivu. It extracted gold, tin and other minerals. Foundation The Empain group was an informal combination of companies created from 1881 onwards by Baron Édouard Empain (1852–1929). In 1902 Empain founded the ''Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Congo Supérieur aux Grands Lacs Africains'' (CFL) with a capital of 25 million francs. It had a concession to build railways in the east of the colony between the Congo River and lakes such as Lake Edward and Lake Tanganyika. Gold deposits were found in the 1920s in the Twangiza-Namoya gold belt, which stretches from South Kivu into Mani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (, ; ) was a Belgian colonial empire, Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960 and became the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colonization of the Congo Basin, Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. Leopold II of the Belgians, King Leopold II of the Belgians attempted to persuade the Federal Government of Belgium, Belgian government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexploited Congo Basin. Their ambivalence resulted in Leopold establishing a colony himself. With support from a number of Berlin Conference, Western countries, Leopold achieved international recognition of the Congo Free State in 1885. By the turn of the century, the violence used by Free State officials against indigenous Congolese and a ruthless system of economic exploitation led to intense diplomatic pressure on Belgium to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |