Union Minière du Haut-Katanga and Colonial Mining (1906–1966)

1. Comité Spécial du Katanga created to manage Katanga

   Dec 6, 1900Labels: Comit Sp, Compagnie du

   • CSK EN
   • Compagnie EN

2. Union Minière du Haut-Katanga is founded

   Jan 1, 1906Labels: Union Mini, Tanganyika Concessions

   • UMHK EN
   • Compagnie EN

3. Belgian state annexes Congo Free State

   Nov 15, 1908Labels: Belgian Congo, Belgian state

   • Belgian Congo
   • CSK EN

4. Shinkolobwe uranium site opened for mining

   Jan 1, 1921Labels: Shinkolobwe mine

   • Shinkolobwe
   • OSTI History

5. UMHK shuts Shinkolobwe amid stockpiling

   Jan 1, 1937Labels: Union Mini, Shinkolobwe mine

   • OSTI History
   • Shinkolobwe

6. Katanga mineworkers’ strike met with lethal force

   Dec 4, 1941Labels: Katanga miners, Jadotville

   • WWII Congo
   • Wired 2023

7. UMHK begins wartime uranium deal discussions

   Sep 1, 1942Labels: Union Mini, Manhattan Project

   • Wired 2023
   • OSTI History

8. Shinkolobwe mining restarts for uranium deliveries

   Jan 1, 1944Labels: Shinkolobwe mine

   • Shinkolobwe
   • OSTI History

9. Congo gains independence; Katanga secedes with UMHK backing

   Jul 11, 1960Labels: Katanga secession, Mo se

   • Tshombe
   • Cambridge Core

10. Bakajika law framework asserts state control over concessions

    Jun 7, 1966Labels: Bakajika law, Mobutu regime

    • UMHK FR
    • G camines EN

11. Mobutu nationalizes UMHK and forms Gecomin

    Jan 1, 1967Labels: Mobutu Sese, Gecomin

    • TIME 1967
    • U Li ge

12. UMHK’s Congo era ends as Gécamines successor emerges

    Jan 1, 1967Labels: G camines, Union Mini

    • G camines FR
    • U Li ge