Former British mining and railway company operating in Africa
Tanganyika Concessions Limited
Benguela railway, coal fired 11th Class 4-8-2 no. 401 at Lobito Station in Angola
Trade name
TCL, Tanks
Company type
Mining and railway
Industry
mining financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
Founded
1899 (1899)
Founder
Robert Williams
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Area served
Congo Free State, Belgian Congo / Democratic Republic of the Congo
Parent
Zambesia Exploring
Tanganyika Concessions Limited[a] (TCL or Tanks) was a British mining and railway company founded by the Scottish engineer and entrepreneur Robert Williams in 1899.
The purpose was to exploit minerals in Northern Rhodesia and in the Congo Free State.
Partly-owned subsidiaries included the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (UMHK), which undertook mining in the Katanga portion of the copperbelt, and the Benguela railway, which provided a rail link across Angola to the Atlantic Ocean.
Belgian banks eventually took over control of the company.
The Angolan railway concession was returned to the state of Angola in 2001.
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