Word: katanga
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...representative was Cornelius Francis Kelley, president of Anaconda Copper Mining Co. and Copper Exporters, Inc., chairman of Copper Institute and spokesman for 25 big U. S. producers. From Belgium there had come M. Fernand Pisart, managing director of the Societe Generale des Minerals, Belgian outlet for the Katanga Mines in the Belgian Congo, and his associate, Camille Gutt...
While consumers waited, producers conferred. In Manhattan was M. Fernand Pisart, managing director of the Societé Génèrale des Minerals, the Belgian outlet lor the Katanga mines of Africa. Although producers insisted M. Pisart's visit was merely a routine one, many observers interpreted it as a crisis in the affairs of Copper Exporters, Inc., international price-controlling combine. When Copper Exporters was organized, its president Cornelius Kelley of Anaconda Copper Mining Co. optimistically stated that its purpose was to keep the price adjusted to day-to-day conditions in Europe. European consumers, long unwilling...
While U. S. Producers were conferring with M. Pisart last week, executives of African copper companies were gathering in London. A major topic was coöperation in smelting. Katanga (Union Miniere Haut Katanga) is now the only African Company with smelting facilities but Roan Antelope is building a smelter, and three other companies (N'Kana, N'Changa Mufalira) expect to follow...