Some dates of the mining and metallurgic history of the Katanga
| 1798 | - First mention written of the exploitation of the copper in the Katanga. |
| 1890 | - First Belgian expedition in the Katanga. |
| 1906 | - Creation of the Mining union. |
| 1907 | - Use
of the chariots to beefs to bring to the Katanga the
first big material. - Beginning of the gold exploitation that will end like such in 1911. |
| 1910 | - Arrived of the rail in Elisabethville opening the link with South Africa. And later Beira (Mozembique). Use of the locomobiles for the transportation in the Katanga. |
| 1911 | - First stream of raw copper to the foundry of the factories of Lubumbashi, Elisabethville, |
| 1913 | - Arrived of the railroad in Kambove, assuring the interior transportation. |
| 1914 | - Setting in service of the first steam-powered mechanical shovels. |
| 1918 | - Beginning of the exploitation of the cassitérite - oxide of tin - that will last until 1946. |
| 1921 | - First recuperation of gold and money in the raw copper. |
| 1922 | - Exploitation for radium of the ore uranifère, that will last until 1960. |
| 1924 | - First stream of alloy cobalifère to the electric foundry of Jadotville - Panda. |
| 1928 | - Arrived of the rail in Port Franqui opening the national way (Elisabethville link - Matadi). |
| 1929 | - First electrolytic copper production to the factories of Jadotville - Shituru. |
| 1930 | - Setting in service of the first hydroelectric power station: Franqui on the Lufira. |
| 1931 | - Arrived of the rail in Dilolo opening the way of Lobito in link with Benguela of Angola. |
| 1937 | - Beginning of the production of zinc extracts. |
| 1943 | - Beginning of the production of uranium extracts - that will stop in 1960 - from ores of which one didn't extract until there that the radium. |
| 1947 | - First metallic cobalt production to the factories of Jadotville-Shituru. |
| 1952 | - Beginning of the electrification of the railroads. |
| 1953 | - Beginning of the recuperation of germanium and the cadmium contained in some ores. |
| 1960 | - Setting in service of the electrolysis factories coppers and cobalt of Luilu-Kolwezi. |
| 1962 | - First applications of the automation to the concentrateurs of Kambove and Kakanda. |
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