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| Keywords: Shinkolobwe.jpg The Shinkolobwe mine was exploited by the Belgian Union Minière du Haut Katanga The majority of the uranium used in the Manhattan Project came from that mine thanks to the intuiton of Edgar Sengier the CEO of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga who had suspected that uranium would be important in war times and imported 1 000 tons of uranium ore in the United States in 1939 Contacted by the Manhattan Project people in 1942 he sold them the total stock and after refurbishment of the Shinkolobwe mine sold them 30 000 ton between 1942 and 1944 http //www4 bfn org/nuclear/shink3 jpg 1925 Chalux PD-old Manhattan Project Uranium Edgar Sengier Shinkolobwe Mine Geology of Uranium Belgian Congo in the 1920s | ||||
