DRC natural resources review press of Wednesday, May 8, 2013

The  daily newspaper le Phare publishes a report of Tenke Fungurume Mining Sarl which disseminates the results of the first quarter of 2013. This statement was signed in Lubumbashi and dated April 30, 2013. TFM says that "it is pleased to announce that during the first quarter of 2013, it produced approximately 54,500 tonnes of copper cathode and 2,500 tonnes of cobalt metal in the form of cobalt hydroxide. During the first quarter of 2013 The company paid a net amount of approximately $ 27 million in respect of taxes and payments related to the Treasury and other public administrative services of the DR Congo. All payments are in accordance with the laws of the DRC. since the project started in 2006, these payments amounted to a total of about 744 million USD. "The statement said that "the cumulative investment of TFM in the project is approximately $ 3 billion and is the largest private investment in the history of the nation."About the artisanal and anarchic exploitation of gold and diamonds, the daily  newspaper le Phare titles : "Destruction of the environment: FEC and civil society sounding the alarm." Given the scale of the problem became thorny environmental destruction, the newspaper writes, many NGOs working in the mining sector, have recently given voice shouting lamenting the lack of supervision of artisanal mining by administrative departments of Mines and the Environment. According to the paper, "the Federation of Congolese Enterprises (FEC), the voice of the Chamber of Mines, she also expressed serious concerns of its members about the deterioration of the environment in mining areas in which they have securities and other operating permits. Deterioration they attribute to legal or illegal artisanal miners who invaded the mining concessions to their detriment. "The Prospérité newspaper reported that "a delegation of Tenke Fungurume Mining, a mining giant based in Katanga was received last Tuesday, May 7, 2013, by the first Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon. Led by its Vice President Mr. Mark R. Mollison, visiting TFM to the Head of Government in his study to the Prime Minister, is part of smooth points of discrepancies in taxation between the mining company and the government. reminder, created around the issue of taxation, with the tax authorities, failed to start privileged relationship between the two institutions. "It was indeed necessary that snaps together, under the coordination of the first Minister to see what is possible for establish a peaceful relationship with the company which is the largest in the country in the mining sector, "suggested the Minister for Finance, Patrice Kitebi says the tabloid.

Radio Okapi reported that "two miners were killed Monday, May 6 by the military after a dispute over a few grams of gold in a career Baye in Bondo territory, more than 500 km north of Kisangani (Orientale Province ). According to witnesses, the soldiers fired on the miners while they were still in a gallery. District Commissioner Bas Uele has ordered an investigation. "For his part, said the radio, a member of the local civil society wonders what would be the investigation, given that the military presence in careers is long decried no solution is found. According to witnesses, says the UN radio, "the gold found by the two miners have been coveted by men in uniform in this career."In the same subject, the newspaper le Potentiel reported a reflection entitled "Civil Society vs. mining companies." The Team found that:. "Although there is a minority of companies who contribute to the promotion of human rights and respect for the environment, this controversy is that both entities often live in order to improve the confrontation collaboration and increase the benefit for victims who gain nothing from the confrontation between the two groups, it appears imperative for civil society to classify businesses identify those involved in social welfare and isolate those who deliberately abuse weaknesses of the Congolese state in violating the fundamental rights and the environment. "With the title "Management of National Parks: Pico Mwepu denounces interference of Unesco and international organizations," the newspaper la Prospérité reported that "national MPs debated Monday, May 6, in the seat of National Assembly  on the draft law on nature conservation. It was therefore adopted the report of the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism of said bill. thing that was made unanimously by the national politicians. After presenting the report, the tribune of the Chamber was highly sought by deputies. This, in order to have the lighting from the Commission on the report. Several issues were recorded during the plenary, including the responsibility of the State in the management of national parks. This is a concern raised by the Honourable Pico Mwepu Kanyanta. From the pulpit, the latter criticized the interference of international organizations, especially UNESCO, according to him, blocking the state machinery. "We still have oil in the Lake Upemba which is not yet exploited. Lots of minerals and resources, but we are unable to use them because they are close to parks. When we get the idea to use, you will see UNESCO, international organizations, as they are world heritage sites, they will s' interfere with our sovereignty. But compared to the power granted to it in Article 9 of the Constitution, the State may, no doubt, change the use and destination in the best interests of the Congolese nation, " he said.On another note, Radio Okapi reported that "the inhabitants of twenty-two villages and Isangi Bafwasende (Eastern Province) areas have access to safe drinking water and practice the rules of hygiene to protect against diseases of waterborne. leader of the provincial office of the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF), Etienne Mangaiko, stated Tuesday, May 7, after an assessment mission of schools and villages sanitation program implemented by this agency UN in these areas. " He announced the extension of the program in more than five hundred villages and ninety school districts Tshopo and Bas-Uele by 2017.The same radio also reported that "the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism (MECNT), organized in collaboration with the Global Environment Fund (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN) a seminar on the protection of great apes are endangered especially in North and South Kivu The purpose of the workshop. reflect on the strategies put in place to fight against poaching of primates. "In addition, the daily le Potentiel talks about "Real Estate Boom in Kinshasa: the shadow of the dirty money." The tabloid states that "The real estate industry is in full expansion in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kinshasa, buildings mushrooming, chronic feeding on the origin of all these dumped in real estate assets. For economy that is struggling to take off, it's enough to ask questions. DRC would it eventually became the hub of money laundering? In all cases, the real estate sector is now the shelters where the recycling of dirty money in full swing.