DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The Avenir  newspaper informs that it was held last Monday, July 2013 29 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister, the thirty-fifth meeting of the year 2013 followed by the economic and financial situation. According to the press release issued after the meeting, a report of the IMF, following a mission to the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), pinned a slowdown in economic growth in this area for the rest of 2013. Growth is projected there between 3 and 3.5% against the 5.2% achieved in 2012.In this context, it emerges concerns about the significant and prolonged decline in oil prices and raw materials as well as the slowdown in the global economy. For this purpose, the above mentioned report made some recommendations concerning primarily political management of natural resources and the continuation of reforms on strengthening and regulation of the banking system.For raw materials, 26 July 2013, copper prices rebounded, and is located at $ 6,927 a tonne, against $ 6,885 a week before. As cobalt, its price fell slightly. Tonne traded with $ 31,752.00 $ 32,259.15 against the previous week. Prices of petroleum products fell in both markets. Prices barrels totaled $ 107.17 (-1.39%) and $ 104.70 (-2.9%), in London and New York. Regarding agricultural products, to 25 July 2013, their prices are falling, and are as follows: corn $ 182.90 (-29.1%), wheat at $ 649.25 (-2 3%) and soybeans to $ 500.00 (-7.4%)The Forum des As newspaper that the definition of the scope of each organization involved in the atomic energy and nuclear material has been the goal of the meeting of Wednesday, July 23 between the Minister and the ESURS responsible structures in charge of atomic energy and precious materials. During this meeting, says it does, the Minister Chelo Lotsima questioned the text to clarify the scope and powers of each of these structures, namely, the General Commission for Energy Atomic (CGEA), the National Committee for the Protection of ionizing reactions (CNPRI) and the Center of Excellence (COE)After four hours of fruitful discussions, the conclusions reached stated in particular that the CGEA is the only attitrée structure to provide technical and scientific control of nuclear materials. The CNPRI, meanwhile, is the regulatory authority, because he is in charge of the regulatory control of raw materials. As the CEO, he is responsible for the fight against illicit trafficking in nuclear, biological and chemical materials. To the Minister of ESURS it would be these three structures in its sector working in a sensitive area that is nuclear work in harmony while respecting each loads of choice.The Avenir newspaper also announces that its 7011th meeting in session, the 15 Member States of the Security Council examined on Thursday 25 July in New York, the security situation in the Great Lakes region with the backdrop of recurrent instability in East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Council meeting was chaired by the Secretary of State, John Kerry, head of American diplomacy. Invited by the Chairman John Kerry to speak before the Security Council, the head of the Congolese diplomacy, Raymond Tshibanda said in substance, "Our meeting today takes part in our shared desire to reaffirm our humanity, of assess overall and uncompromising level of implementation of commitments made to end this drama, under the Framework Agreement important 24 February 2013, and identify the challenges that lie ahead for once lasting peace restored, the region can devote his energy and intelligence to key issues in the fight against poverty and the improvement of living conditions of the people. "The Democratic Republic of Congo is determined to assume its share of responsibility so that peace and harmony back rapidly in the region. The DRC will never abandon anyone every square inch of its territory or any part of its sovereignty over its wealth. But it remains ready, today as yesterday, sealing a pact for peace, stability and development throughout the Great Lakes Region and, in this context to develop regional cooperation. The peoples of the African Great Lakes region have, like those elsewhere in the world, the right to peace and prosperity.Radio Okapi reports that Director General of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN), Cosma Wilungula, expressed satisfaction with the improvement of security conditions in the protected reserve of Mount Hoyo in Ituri (Eastern Province). He believes that the improvement of security conditions is the result of operations conducted by the FARDC in the reserve plagued activism armed groups for several years.The same media reports that a mother crocodile was spotted in the night from Sunday to Monday, July 29 with five small beach area of ​​Dav. The people were even able to grab one of her cubs. The presence of these crocodiles concerned residents living on Lake Tanganyika. This has created anxiety among the local population. Over the past four years, the crocodiles Lukuga, an outlet of Lake Tanganyika have a hundred victims, according to the traditional authorities.