That month there were two deaths, and 16.37% of the men fell ill.[2] The mine was hit by arson and sabotage in 1938 by miners dissatisfied with their pay and working conditions.

[4] While the open pit mine was in operation a total of 4.1 million tonnes of ore were extracted with an average grade of 8.3% copper.

[5] In 2006, Compagnie Minière de Luisha (COMILU) was founded to run the mine, set up as a joint venture between China Overseas Engineering Group (COVEC) (72%) and the Congolese state-owned Gecamines (28%).

Luisha South includes a small historical open pit mine and waste rock pile, as well as the underlying Roan group sediments assumed to hold major deposits of copper and cobalt.

[11] In September 2011 African Metals said a subsidiary had purchased a Dense Media Separation plant and other equipment in preparation for mining.

[13] In 2018, African Metals sold off its interest in the Luisha south to Excellen Minerals SARL and Simeon Tshisangama, the president of TSM Entreprise sprl.