Tanganyika Concessions
Benguela railway, coal fired 11th Class 4-8-2 no. 401 at Lobito Station in Angola | |
| TCL, Tanks | |
| Company type | Mining and railway |
| Industry | mining financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Founder | Robert Williams |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
Area served | Congo Free State, Belgian Congo / Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Parent | Zambesia Exploring |
Tanganyika Concessions Limited (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.