DRC natural resources press review of Monday, August 26, 2013

The Observateur newspaper reports that "the CEO Louis Watum Kibali Gold Mines hosted a conference at the club Geosciences Unikin last Friday." The newspaper notes: "But insecurity was not the only hitch encountered by Kibali Gold, Eastern Province Other difficulties were those of a cultural nature, for example, a major gold site, discovered after the exploration.. proved to be in a cemetery, so in graves. Another part in the extension of the site was inhabited. It took so after the approval of political and administrative authorities, proceed to move the graves, This was not an easy task, if you must take into account the sensitivities of each other. Altogether 1,917 tombs and 3,155 families were displaced. A general mourning was organized for the occasion. " The newspaper reports that the DG has announced the beginning of the exploitation of gold at the end of October this year.

The same newspaper informs that during the conference Down Africa, "Australia invests $ 40 billion in the mining sector in Africa." The newspaper reports that this economic conference held in Western Australia has now become the largest African Business Forum that took place outside of Africa.

Citing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in connection with the adjustment of fuel prices at the pump authorized by the government to the west of the country, the newspaper Soft International states that "fuel subsidies do not benefit the poorer classes "and notes that the IMF considers costly fuel subsidies, unfair and progression. He continues his crusade against the subsidies on petroleum products in Africa. In recent months, he urges each African state to suspend fuel subsidies. For the IMF, the U.S. support mobilizes funds that could be invested more productively. The grants are intended to keep prices at the pump and protect the average consumer whose income remains low in Africa. According to a study conducted by the financial institution, these subsidies benefit the 65% upper class, 25% of the middle class and only 10% of the poorer classes.

Radio Okapi reports that elephants have killed one person and seriously injured two others Saturday 24 August in the town of Kipamba, 160 km south-east of the city of Kamina (Katanga). According to witnesses, they were crossed with a herd of elephants just meters from their homes while they went to the field. The victim, who has not managed to escape was attacked by an elephant who opened his belly and threw with his ivory, more than 20 m away. Several sources indicate that the animal has completed the blows of his huge paws before crushing his head and left leg.