DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Radio Okapi reports that customary authorities communities Banyali kilo Walendu Tatsi in Ituri (Orientale Province) denounce artisanal mining method or commonly known as "under current", saying it destroys the environment. The miners actually use the pumps that drain rivers and demolish entire hills. During a meeting with Ashanti Gold Kilo (AGK) Saturday, August 10 at Mongbwalu, the authorities demanded the removal of this method. The miners in search of gold using pumps that draw water from streams or rivers to spill over the hills until then flatten them. These waters pass through a channel buoys which is placed a cloth to reap rich sands they will treat after for gold.

The newspaper Potentiel, echoing the feedback session of the last meeting of the Executive Committee of 30 July 2013 held Tuesday, August 13, 2013 by the Natural Resources Network. According to the newspaper, "if the DRC does not resolve within a number of issues identified in its 2011 report, to be submitted no later than 31 December 2013 will be excluded from the EITI process. Threat blocking this process in the country raises serious concerns on the part of civil society, members of the EITI process to the point that they call the head of state and the Prime Minister to take the matter to settle, within a short time the situation. "

The Observateur newspaper reports that as part of the promotion of tourism, the Gertler Family Foundation built several safari lodges in Upemba National Park in the province of Katanga.The same media also announces that three months after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the revival of agro-industrial area of ​​N'sele (DAIPN) between the government and the Israeli company LR Group Ltd., things are moving very well on the field. At the end of December, as promised, the Congolese will celebrate with chicken produced by New-DAIPN.

Returning to the statement released by Tenke Fungurume Mining earlier this month, the Avenir newspaper reported the in turn that Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) announced in late July, have produced approximately 55,100 tonnes of copper cathode and 2,300 tonnes of cobalt metal in the form of cobalt hydroxide, in the second quarter of 2013. Rapid changes in production that amounted to 30 June 2013, to 109 600 tonnes of copper cathode and 4,800 tonnes of cobalt metal in the form of cobalt hydroxide.