At least 41 artisanal miners were killed when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Swiss-based mining giant Glencore collapsed in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the provincial governor has said.
The accident occurred on Thursday when two galleries caved in the KOV open-pit mine in the Kolwezi area operated by the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC), a subsidiary of Glencore.

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