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Water and copper under the bridge

South Korean company Samsung C&T has become a collateral victim of the dispute between Belgian company George Forrest International and Congo-Kinshasa’s state mining company, Gécamines. GFI and Gécamines are vying for control of Compagnie Minière du Sud Katanga’s copper and cobalt mines at Luiswishi and Luisha in Katanga Province. Kinshasa’s Cour Suprême will rule on the dispute on 15 October....

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