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The delicate plan to digitise historical Congolese geological archives

Belgian mining company Union Minière du Haut Katanga extracted copper during colonisation, from 1908 to 1960.
Belgian mining company Union Minière du Haut Katanga extracted copper during colonisation, from 1908 to 1960. © Anonyme / Domaine public
American firm KoBold Metals' desire to scan the Congolese geological archives is causing a certain amount of embarrassment in Belgium, which holds a large collection inherited from the colonial era. A project for the digitisation of said archives for research purposes backed by EU funding is already underway. [...]
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