Likasi (formerly official names: Jadotville (French) and Jadotstad (Dutch)) is a city in Haut-Katanga Province, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

[5] Shinkolobwe mine, 20 km west of Likasi (then called Jadotville), was described by a 1943 Manhattan Project intelligence report as the most important deposit of uranium yet discovered in the world.

[7][8] Likasi remains a centre for industry, especially mining,[9] and is a transport hub for the surrounding region.

The crushed ore is fed to the Heap Leach Unit in Panda, then the copper-containing solution is taken to the electrolysis room at the Shituru Factories in Likasi, where high-quality copper electrodes are produced.

[11] There is also an abandoned gold mine in Likasi, which has been commercially depleted but is still dug by artisanal miners.