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Mining rivals Katumbi and Beveraggi settle their scores on the football pitch
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French businessman Pascal Beveraggi, who recently arrived in the Katangan mining logistics market, has run into competition from the "master of Lubumbashi", Congolese politician and business magnate Moise Katumbi. Beveraggi, who is already battling with him in the courts and the media, has decided to tackle his rival, too, on his preferred battleground, the football pitch. We recount their race for trophies and mining contracts.
A cloud of disappointment hung over the artificial turf of the Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa on the evening of Tuesday June 11. After extra time and great suspense, the "Railwaymen" of FC Saint Eloi Lupopo returned to Lubumbashi empty-handed after being beaten on penalties by Kinshasa's FC Renaissance du Congo. Businessman Pascal Beveraggi, head of Lubumbashi-based mining logistics company NB Mining Africa, who had been chairman of the Lubumbashi club for nearly a month, was forced to accept the disappointing
