Belgian Congo. AE Medal, 1956. For the 50th anniversary of the Mining Union in Haut-Katanga

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Belgian Congo. AE Medal, 1956. For the 50th anniversary of the Mining Union in Haut-Katanga. Obv. U.M.H.K. EDUCATION INSTRUCTION ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE. A technician is showing instruments to three young men, on the desk in front of them, open book. Rev. UNION MINIERE DU HAUT-KATANGA 1906-1956. CUIVRE/COBALT ARGENT - ZINC CADMIUM/URANIUM RADIUM - GERMANIUM. Molten metal gushing from a mining instrument over the map of the region. AE. 238 g. 85 mm. Opus: George-André Brunet. EF. The Union Minière du Haut-Katanga was a Belgian mining company (with minority British share) which controlled and operated the mining industry in the copperbelt region in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1906 and 1966. Its primary product was copper, but it also produced tin, cobalt, radium, uranium, zinc, cadmium, germanium, manganese, silver, and gold. During its heyday, the UMHK held quasi governmental power in Katanga, and operated schools, dispensaries, hospitals and sporting establishments, and had enjoyed virtually unlimited funds. In 1968, UMHK was reorganized following the nationalization of its Congolese assets, with its name shortened as Union Minière. It kept operating under that name until after the 1989 merger that created what in 2001 became known as Umicore.

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