DRC natural resources press review of Monday, September 30, 2013

The Phare daily publishes the petition for the effective recovery of MIBA . The petition was written by " the son and daughters of the DRC living in Kasai Oriental, across the country as well as those living outside the DRC , united by fate within Dynamics For Effective Recovery From Mining Bakwanga (MIBA ) ! "Always on the mining sector , Radio Okapi reports that the Congolese customs officials seized a parcel of 375 kg of coltan in the car of a particular Rwandan- Congolese border post " Great Barrier " in Goma, North Kivu . According to the officers of the Directorate General of Customs and Foundations ( LDB ), the package was intended to fraudulently ore through to Gisenyi, Rwanda . He was held pending the outcome of investigations, according to the provincial Minister of Mines , Jean Ruyange .On the same information, the Congolese Press Agency (ACP ) states that the specialized services of the Congolese State found in the weekend a large batch of ore type colombo tantalite ( coltan ) hidden under the frame of a jeep attempting to fraudulently through the Great Barrier Goma erected on the land border between Congo and Rwanda . According to testimonies collected on the spot, the alleged fraudsters had taken care to create a safe asset between the two main parts of the metal frame to form a kind of tank can contain minerals estimated at seven hundred (700) kilograms. It is sagging tires of the jeep brand Terrano which attracted the curiosity of the Customs officers posted that after a thorough search , managed to unmask the package coltan .

The Ecofin Agency announces that the company Ivanhoe Mines, previously Ivanplats wants to raise up to $ 104 million for general corporate purposes and Kamoa and Kipushi projects in the Katanga Province of the DRC. Canadian exploration company listed on the TSX announced Sept. 23 have given , with investors for a private placement financing , without intermediary, ordinary shares. Under the terms of the agreement, Ivanhoe will issue 50 million new shares of class A , 2 Canadian dollars per share to raise a total of $ 100 million and potentially issue up to 54 million common shares to raise $ 108 million Canadian . The funds will be used to advance the development of the project and the copper Kamoa Kipushi on zinc, copper, lead , germanium and precious metals
 On the chapter of electricity, Radio Okapi reports that the agreement to sell the energy generated by the electric Inga III between Kinshasa and Pretoria will be concluded at the end of October during the visit DRC President of South Africa , Jacob Zuma, for a possible regional summit . The terms of the contract provide for the purchase by the South 2500 Megawatt (MW ) Africa , more than half of the total capacity of the Inga III project valued at 4,800 MW.
 On the issue of the environment, the Soft International reports that controversy raged around a JICA funds for inventory Bandundu forests. According to the newspaper , in August 2012, the JICA , Japanese Agency for International Development has provided $ 4 million for forest inventory. Management is debated , says the newspaper noted that the diocesan commission Inongo in Mai- Ndombe in charge of natural resources complained of illegal logging in the province.

Radio Okapi also reports that about forty experts from the Ministry of Environment , Nature Conservation and Tourism sector and NGOs took part in the work Friday, Sept. 27 pre-validation document of the National Environment Programme , forests, water and biodiversity Mbankana , a town 150 kilometers east of Kinshasa. According to a representative of the department, program, carried out in the country, is not only to preserve the environment but also to participate in the development of local communities .On the issue of agriculture, the Soft International indicates that the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development will organize ( 7-8 November 2013) a business meeting in Kinshasa . The aim is to attract funding for the promotion of agriculture in the 2013-2020 horizon. According to the newspaper , this meeting is part of the Maputo Declaration

DRC natural resources press review of Friday, september 27, 2013

The Potentiel newspaper reports that the DRC is going to have a mapping of carbon stock of forests and wrote: "The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and its local partners will conduct a comprehensive mapping of stock carbon in the forests of the DRC. and, from forest inventory data in the field, with the help of a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) airborne laser system and satellite imagery to estimate the content carbon, with known accuracy in all forest areas in the DRC. This activity falls within the framework of the project carbon Map and Model (Co, M & M). "

Radio Okapi reports that the district authorities Tshopo protest against the illegal exploitation of coltan and other natural resources, recently discovered in the territory of Bafwasende by the Mayi-Mayi to Opienge in Orientale Province. According to the district commissioner, Peter Bakoyi, illegal exploitation of these resources is the basis of insecurity and the activism of the Mai-Mai. He said on Tuesday September 24 at Yangambi on the occasion of the presentation of the postcard Tshopo participants Economic Forum this locality.

The same media also reports that the Board of waterways (RVF) tag the Kasai River from August 27. The dredging and installation of signs of recognition along this tributary of the Congo River will take place until the end of October.

DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Radio Okapi reports that the Conservative leader of the central sector of Virunga National Park , Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo is held for five days in the dungeon of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) in Goma. He was arrested by the military for opposing the execution of a project to Nyakakoma firm Soco International , explained this Tuesday, September 24 some local NGO partners in the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature ( ICCN) . The arrest of Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo occurred last Thursday at around 22 am local time in Kanyabayonga . For environmental NGOs , the main conservative suffered threats since he opposed it a few days ago , the project of laying a telephone antenna pounded by Soco International Nyakakoma in the park . Officially, he was arrested for "opposing the orders of the top hierarchy of the state ," said the technical and scientific director of ICCN , Dr. Guy Mbayma .Taking the same information , the newspaper Republique reports that the environmental NGOs and government departments are at loggerheads about a pounded a cellular antenna that oil company Soco would install the Virunga Park . Some local NGOs partners ICCN raised his voice Tuesday, September 24 to demand the extension of the main curator of the center of the Virunga National Park area.On another topic , the  of Kinshasa to Brazzaville News announced that the city of Lubumbashi host for two days, from October 15 to 17 , an international forum called " Katanga Mining Briefing ." According to the daily , the reunion should be placed in the context of the organization of the conference and exhibition IPAD RDC2013 , in partnership with the DRC government fully involved . For the organizers, the newspaper said , Katanga Mining Briefing is " the only international , strategic and technical forum Katanga which gives direct access to decision makers and the value chain of the mining of copper and cobalt ." Mining operators in these Assize may be fruitful contacts for networking .

DRC natural resources press review of Thursday, September 26, 2013

The mining company Kibali Gold Mining product, Tuesday, September 24, 2013 , the first gold at its processing plant in Doko , in the territory of Watsa (Eastern Province) . Radio Okapi reports that the first casting was attended by the Minister of Mines , Martin Kabwelulu Labilo and Deputy Governor of the Eastern Province , Pascal Mombi . The latter stated that this production was the first gold produced in the DRC for over a decade ingot. The Minister of Mines of the Eastern Province , Paulin Odiane , said the plant will produce Kibali Gold Mining initially from 15 to 10 tons of gold per year. He was confident that this production will have an impact on the economy of the province.
For Dépêches de Brazzaville , the official announcement came on the sidelines of the annual forum of the Denver Gold and it is a world-class facility built on a remote site. The log indicates that the start of production well ahead of the original target of end of the year and the financial projections prepared for this purpose will necessarily lead to other changes in the projected completion of the major project that led to a investment of 1.7 billion U.S. dollars of Randgold and his partner, AngloGold Ashanti .The Potentiel newspaper considers that this new shoot hoped that other gold bullion follow simultaneously with the improvement of living conditions of residents and therefore a contribution to the Treasury by way of taxes.Stressing that the start-up of the mine comes in ahead of schedule , the tri-weekly Congo News notes that it has requested the relocation of more than 4,000 households from 14 villages on the site Kibale to the new city of Kokiza . Citing " Jeune Afrique " , the newspaper said that the Kibale mine should produce about 600,000 ounces of gold annually . The deposit's reserves are estimated at 11 million ounces.On another subject , referring to the development of the EITI Report 2010 , the Avenir newspaper announced that the ASADHO calls for opening prosecution authorities DGRAD . According to the paper , the organization of civil society calls on the Attorney General of the Republic ( Pgr ) to open a criminal case against officials of the Directorate General of administrative revenue frontier and equity ( DGRAD ) about 26 million U.S. dollars not tracked by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF ) . Quoting the press ASADHO , the log indicates that this amount represents a portion of payments made in 2010 by mining companies for the benefit of DGRAD , on behalf of the Treasury, from commercial banks . The African Association for Human Rights (ASADHO ) also calls for the Government , administrative penalties against the authorities of that financial governance in the DRC.
The Energy Information System (SIE-DRC) proceeded, Wednesday, September 25, 2013 with the presentation of its 2013 annual report. Recalling that this document is a significant statistical support for the implementation of government policy in the energy sector , the Potentiel newspaper reports that, for the 2011 energy balance reading releases large statistical information such domestic supply is the order of 23,629 pounds toe ( ketep ) , against 24,116 ktoe in 2010, which represents a decrease of 2%.

DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, september 24, 2013

The renewal of the production tool is necessary for the MIBA , reports the daily Observateur who reported that as " the former Belgian member SIBEKA had retired from the management and redeemer Mwanafrika are not interested in showing the revival of MIBA , it feels obliged to implement strategies to attract investors to him . " According to the newspaper, MIBA has resorted to a Canadian firm for the operation of certification of its reserves before seeking any credit from a financial institution with government approval . The results are positive for Canadian firm Miba its mineral reserves are still usable for 10 to 15 years.In the same sector , Radio Okapi reports that the mining company Kibali Gold Mining plans to produce its first gold Tuesday, September 24 in its processing plant in Doko , Eastern Province. Deputy Governor of the Eastern Province , Pascal Mombi announced Sunday, September 22 in Bunia. It will be the first gold produced in the country after more than a decade.The same media also reports that two Chinese miners and a Congolese policeman were killed Saturday, September 21 by bandits on the Ituri River , in the district of the same name , in the Eastern Province. The merchant convoy , which included victims , was attacked by armed men . Another Chinese miner and a Congolese police had been killed in similar circumstances in June.
 The Congolese News Agency ( ACP ) announces the third edition of the initiative for trade and investment '' (ICI) , an organization of investors in the DRC and the South African Republic held from September 20 to 21 2013 Lubumbashi , called for the promotion of interaction between economic operators of both countries. Chaired by Mr. Moses Katumbi , governor of Katanga to the Congolese and Elisabeth Thabethe , South African Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry for the RSA, this work focused on ways to promote interaction between investors these two countries. According to Ms. Thabethe , DR Congo has been chosen as a preferred partner for its outstanding contribution in the implementation of the South African market in its territory of agricultural products consumed up to 46%, 20% in industrial products and other services 32 % against the export of copper , wood and coffee.The newspaper Potentiel reports that the hemp replaces cassava in West Kasai and written in the North of the province , culture , trade and consumption of hemp grow despite the ban. At the expense of the production of certain staple foods such as cassava, whose prices are rising . The paper emphasizes that Western Kasai, central DRC , transportation or sale of hemp illegal is big .

DyaRC natural resources press review of Monday, September 23, 2013

On the construction project of the Central Inga 3, the Observateur newspaper reports that feasibility studies finally available and work began on 15 October 2015 for a total cost of 11 billion 890 million U.S. dollars. According to the newspaper, after long years of waiting, the proposed construction of the Inga 3 plant is now a reality. These feasibility studies have been at the center of a major international workshop organized by the Ministry of Water Resources and electricity 20 to 21 September 2013 at the Salon of Grand Hotel Kinshasa Congo. According to the Minister Bruno Kapandji Kalala which opened on behalf of Prime Minister Matata Ponyo prevented those studies were conducted by the government offices with Canadian studies AECOM and French EDF who performed for about two years with funding 15 million U.S. dollars.



On the same issue, the newspaper Dépêches of Brazzaville talking about options on the table for the development of Inga and indicates that the workshop presentation of the final report of the feasibility study has identified four important options. This is the form of public-private partnership to build Grand Inga. Then, it was considered interesting to build the first phase called Inga 3 Lower Chute for 4800 MW power. The erection of a single dam is recommended with equipment in six phases (Inga III, IV Inga, Inga V, VI Inga, Inga VII). Finally, there is the technical and financial structure of Inga III the total cost of the project amounts to U.S. $ 11 billion more than 3 billion from the Congolese government. Now, the paper concludes, reality takes over the dream. On the same subject, the Congolese Press Agency (CPA), citing the Minister of Water Resources and Electric, Bruno Kapanji Kalala, says the government intends to provide the Congolese people the benefits of the development of the Inga site construction of new hydropower plants to produce, transport and distribute a permanent clean energy, and cheap. On another issue, that of oil, the newspaper Avenir reports that the Association of Petroleum Engineers of Congo (Aipc) calls for the enactment of the law on hydrocarbons in the DRC and in the training of engineers. That had indicated its national coordinator, engineer Mvudila Munzenza Elie, after two days of the Forum, Oil and Gas, organized by Africa Partnership for Infrastructure Development (Ipad), Kinshasa . On forestry issues, the Forum des As newspaper reports that the DRC has been awarded a grant of USD 21.5 million from "Climate Investment Funds" (GIF) to engage the sustainable management of the Congolese forest sector which is paramount importance in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve forest governance. Radio Okapi reports that exports from the DRC to South Africa amounted to 74 million rand (7,326 U.S. dollars) in 2012 against 104 million (10,297 U.S. dollars) in 2010. This is what reveals the Forum of Congolese and South African investors, meeting from 16 to 21 September in Lubumbashi (Katanga). These Congolese exports to South Africa were mainly based on copper, oil, timber and coffee. The SouthAfrican Chamber of Commerce asked the DRC to make efforts to attract more investors to the mining sector, which for now is still dominated by China. The same radio also informs that the new special auditor Maniema, Lieutenant Colonel Roger Wavara no longer wants military in careers mining in the province. He made the announcement Saturday, September 21 when it was renewed oath before the clerk of the military court in the presence of the provincial governor.

DRC natural resources press review of Friday, September 20, 2013

The newspaper Avenir says that the oil company Perenco , located in the city of Muanda in the province of Bas-Congo, calls for the development of associated gas and to create markets for the commercialization of these gases. The newspaper reports that the appeal was launched last Wednesday during the second day of Oil and Gas Forum , held from September 17 to 18 at the hotel Memling. " There are two types of gas in our fields . The associated gas that is produced with oil and gas and free today because there is no market for the gas, free gas remains in the tank but the gas is associated with production in order to release the oil that we export . This gas today , we use to power our generators, our turbines for power generation as fuel for our compressors , boilers, ... , " stated Mr. Reza Mered , during his presentation on the development of associated gas .
 " Failure to have a plan against Polmarc petroleum pollution , our country could be blacklisted ," announces the Soft International noting that the state r- dcongolais is committed , through the Ministry of Environment , to develop a credible plan Polmarc , here one year ago. Still nothing . The paper explains that the Polmarc plan is , in practice, the mapping sensitivity describing sensitive and strategic locations in the fight against oil pollution in the marine environment .
 The weekly Soft International believes that " Fuel field is a problem ." Commenting on the quality of petroleum products sold in Kinshasa , the newspaper notes that " in September claimed to have conducted a review of petroleum products it distributes. Only the alleged review was done in-house , without a third expert n ' it is associated . 's report (re) test was distributed for broadcast in the local press. worth But how credible a grid of check-up with empty boxes , regardless of the field or the product on which he wears as fuel, is a registration , dismissed , no less at the University , we would stick the note : ". Assimilated adjourned to ... rather than Gaddafi ."
 Always on quality, not fuel but water this time , the same media reports that a UN mission recommends the implementation of a plan for water safety . According to the Soft International , a mission of the United Nations Environment committed by UNICEF attributes the "less good " rating in the DRC on the water quality . The report of this mission, the water quality problem, especially at the household level . There is lack of maintenance of water , poor transportation and poor storage points. This requires the implementation of the implementation of a security plan water. The newspaper says that in recent years , UNICEF supports called " sanitized Village" program implemented by the Ministry of Public Health. This program is to help families access to safe drinking water and improve hygiene and sanitation practices .

On another note, Radio Okapi reported that six people were killed and four others were seriously injured Tuesday, September 17 , in a landslide in the mining land square Fungamwaka to Numbi (South Kivu ) . For the head of the village , Seburingande Biankutu , who gave this information in a report sent to the head of the group of Buzi Minova , the non-compliance with standards extraction of minerals which is the basis of this accident. Operators do not provide preventive safety measure in the operating wells, and to penetrate more than 500 meters in the bottom of the well without crazy guard.

DRC natural resources press review of Thursday, September 19, 2013

" A major challenge to overcome : DRC, Congolese oil for development " , comments Prosperité newpaper emphasizing that it was clear that all countries that use oil , whether in the West or in Africa newspaper , a prosperous economy . This is the case of Libya , Angola , Nigeria, Gabon , Equatorial Guinea and the recently Soudan.Aucun of these countries produce less than one million barrels per day. By cons , DRC, only a small portion of the oil is 25,000 barrels / day is used to Muanda .
According to the newspaper , geological research conducted by experts , including engineering Brazilian HRT Petroleum in 2008 - 2009 , clearly showed that oil is found in several provinces, namely: Bandundu ( in Lac- Mai-Ndombe ) , the plateau Bateke , Ecuador , in the province East ( particularly in Ituri, in the Albertine Graben ) in North Kivu ( in Virunga Park ) , Bas -Congo between Muanda and Boma on land where we discovered a deposit of millions of barrels of oil is comparable to Cabinda. At the end of this research , a map has been prepared and that the government should provide investors . The paper says that instead of focusing the attention only on mines , why the authorities could they not explore this path to further develop this country of continental dimensions , with resources that are at hand ?

Speaking of national consultations , Radio Okapi reports that participants in the cluster Economy productive sector and public finances were discussed Tuesday, September 17 ways to improve the revenue of some productive sectors. Referring to the case of mining, the geologist Joseph Nyangi Koko said that the DRC needed a mining geological mapping to assess its potential. According to him , the DRC will not be able to know the value of the basement if it does not have this card. Joseph Koko Nyangi proposes the establishment of a geological school accurately determine the Congolese mining potential in order to maximize revenue from this sector.

The same media indicates that farmers in the agricultural household Tshikuyi Mulenda Tshibombo site in the territory of Lupatapata Kasai - Oriental, cannot access their fields for a week. Until Wednesday, September 18 , a barrier is erected at the entrance by a group of diamond diggers who want to avenge the death of their colleague. Farmers say that the tension began with the death last week of an artisanal miner diamond native Lusangu , a village near the farm home. The miner was killed the night caught breaking into a bag of charcoal in the home of a widow. The locals have rushed shots . He went to die in hospital in Mbuji - Mayi.

DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Congolese News Agency (ACP ) inform the Minister of Hydrocarbons Crispin Atama Tabe Mogodi , unveiled the strategy devised by the department to achieve the objectives set by the government to the start of production of the sedimentary basins of the DRC in 2016 , at the opening on Tuesday in Kinshasa , the work of the second edition of the Forum "Oil and Gas ". According to the agency , to achieve the objective set by the government, the ministry's strategy is to reform the administration of oil , working with both Houses of Parliament for the adoption of the proposal by the General Law on hydrocarbons, set up a database , prepare and organize tenders for the evaluation of sedimentary basins and send missions pre-operating to support these assessments. About methane gas from Lake Kivu , he said that the process leading to the operation is very advanced and the oil ministry has developed a statute governing the operation of gaseous hydrocarbons , specifications and cutting lake in gas leases .On the same issue , the newspaper Potentiel merely indicates the presence of Perenco Rep, represented by its managing director, Reza Mered , at this meeting and says it is the only operator in the production phase of the entire DRC. According to the newspaper , Reza Mered is to find a business to various industry experts who participate in this forum .For its part, Radio Okapi reported that at least eight people were killed by the Mai Mai Simba who occupy the mining region Angoa the Walikale - Kisangani axis. According to the testimony of a survivor arrived Monday in Walikale - center , the hostages were taken between 8 and 10 September in the mining Angoa square as they exercised their mining or commercial activities.

DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, September 17, 2013

International NGOs Southern Africa Resources Watch ( SARW ) yesterday released Monday, September 16 during a press conference held in Kinshasa , a report on the living conditions of children in four provinces , namely Maniema , North Kivu , South Kivu and Province Oreintale . This report is entitled " The cost of Congolese gold." Echoing this meeting , the Potentiel paper highlights  that artisanal gold mining in some provinces of the DRC does not rhyme very often with the lives of people who use it . According to a report by the NGO Southern Africa Resources Watch ( SARW ) , more than 100,000 people working in this area live in extreme poverty.On the same issue , the Phare newspaper speaks of gold that divides the families of the miners ... and quoting George Bokundu , Office of SARW , the newspaper noted that " this report came to the conclusion that cost of Congolese gold is characterized by poverty , abuse and the breakdown of family and community structures . " Indeed, he has supported , it is especially women and children who suffer from violence, exploitation , neglect and abuse on a daily basis .The same media reports that it is to a new EU legislation to stop the trade in conflict minerals and indicates that a coalition of 59 non-governmental organizations called on the European Commission to adopt a stricter legislation to prevent European companies to fuel conflict and human rights violations by buying natural resources such as tin , gold and diamonds. The call is a bill to be published by the Commission by the end of 2013 upstream .On the subject of forests, the biweekly Maximum announces that teams of experts from the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism stay on mission in eight provinces of the country, within the framework of provincial workshops pre - validation of the document " national Environment Programme , Forest , Water and Biodiversity ( PNEFEB ) , second generation."In the same order, returning at the end of the workshop on illegal logging and illegal timber trade , species of fauna and flora , the Tempête des Tropiques daily  focuses on a recommendation that the ban on the licensing of cutting timber in the semi-industrial category as , say participants , not legally recognized and maintaining unfair competition vis-à -vis the operators working in the formal setting.On another issue, the livestock , Radio Okapi reported that the Minister of Agriculture , Vahamwiti Chrysostom , in Bunia since Sunday , when it will launch today , Tuesday, September 17 , the vaccination of cattle against the contagious pneumonia and died FMD in six provinces of the DRC. Nothing in the Kivus and Orientale Province , more than a million cattle are targeted , half grazes in Ituri.

DRC natural resources press review of Monday, September 16, 2013

After working on the illegal logging and illegal trade in timber and species of fauna and flora in the DRC, which took place in Kinshasa from 11 to 13 September 2013, the newspaper La Référence Plus reports the about the Minister of the Environment , Bavo N'sa Mputu , who stated that the "recommendations will not remain a dead letter ." According to the newspaper , the minister said that " the resolutions taken at the end of this work can not be considered in any case as a victory for one group , but rather as a victory for the entire nation ." The Minister made ​​a commitment on behalf of the department , to strengthen the capacity for staff committed to the task of control.On the same issue, the Prospérité newspaper reports that the Minister Bavo N'sa Mputu is determined to stop illegal logging and illegal timber trade . According to the daily , the minister wants to improve not only the brand tarnished , but also to put an end to undue privileges to some neighboring countries that benefit from lax to maintain, at their discretion , the plundering of natural resources DRC. The Minister noted the establishment of a working group consisting of experts to formulate a sheet of strategic , operational and consistent way to take action in the short, medium and long term .Radio Okapi reports that minors should not go beyond 30 meters depth in Kamituga . This is one of the recommendations of the interim bureau chief mines Swedi Kabululu , minors of this part of South Kivu to reduce accidents in artisanal gold mining careers and therefore the mortality rate . The Acting Chief Bureau of Mines also requires owners of gold well change the way they work . For him, the miners must use compressors to wells oxygen

DRC natural resources press review of Friday, September 13, 2013

" Illicit financial flows in the mining sector : the FEC reframing the debate " indicates the Potentiel daily reminder that the High Level Panel on illicit financial flows, in the DRC led by Thabo Mbeki, announced major leaks in the revenues collected in the mining sector . According to the Panel , only 15 % of the minerals mined in the country are reported to the tax authorities. A statement that did not leave indifferent the FEC , especially its section of Katanga which brews up to 80 % of mineral exports from the DRC. For mine operators , the problem in the sector is that the Congolese state can not regulate all revenue generated in mines. The newspaper gave the floor to the provincial president of the Federation of Enterprises of Congo ( FEC ), also authorized mining and quarrying, mining expert where it operates for more than a decade , Eric Monga who has challenged the finding made ​​by the panel , arguing that the companies in the sector , including Katanga as others operating in different provinces of the DRC, carry out their duties properly in taxes , duties and taxes paid to the state. He proved in black and white that mining companies are strongly controlled by the financial services of the State. For any fault, error or omission in the declaration, he says , they are very heavily penalized in terms of fines . And fines , he says , are enormous and evaluated in terms of hundreds of millions of dollars. So they have no interest , he says , nor to cheat or deceive . If there are problems in terms of collection of duties owed ​​to the State in the mining sector , he says , including tariffs for export, the causes lie in the dysfunctions that plague the state services , and the texts are clear about this . No , he says , illicit flows which mention is the panel can not be completely attributed to the mining companiesThe Phare newspaper speaking land banditry in the DRC reports that " the assets of the University of Kisangani is despoiled ." The tabloid emphasizing that public goods are shared and not private property , said that unfortunately, some Congolese , strong in their positions, do not hesitate to dispose of property belonging to the community. The latest victim of these vultures land , this is the University of Kisangani , yet a higher and university educational institution, the authorities powerless to attend so grinds , amputations and anarchic occupation of houses and land by unauthorized whose dignitaries African Republic .Until the provincial government of the Eastern Province put the order on the site of the University of Kisangani , radio Okapi reports that the provincial government plans to clean up the area of logging in Kisangani. This decision is expected to organize the system of issuing documents needed for logging . It should also prevent influence peddling by some authorities in the field

DRC natural resources press review of Thursday, September 12, 2013

The DRC Minister of Petroleum has responded to the release press of Global Witness. For the Minister of Hydrocarbons Crispin Atama Tabe, the Potentiel newspaper says, the DRC has the right to assess the geological wealth of the Virunga National Park. Regarding the request to the Congolese authorities to open the draft hydrocarbon law to a public consultation, the Minister of Oil said that the Hydrocarbons Code provides that the allocation of oil blocks is done following a call for offers. For Crispin Atama Tabe says the potential, "the accession of the DRC to Unesco or entrusting the management of Virunga National Park as World Heritage does not diminish the sovereignty of the DRC on this piece of land" . About the same information, Radio Okapi reports that for Crispin Atama Tabe, the real problem of Global Witness is the exploration of oil in the so-called protected areas. And yet, he said that the country has the right to authorize the drilling so-called protected areas, taking into account the protection of the environment. The Avenir vnewspaper returns to the Global Witness release press and speaks "the need to open the draft hydrocarbon law to a public consultation." The daily recalls that the British NGO, the hydrocarbons law, as it stands at present, create an opaque allocation of petroleum rights system and do not make mandatory the publication of oil contracts or the identity of the beneficial owners or "effective" oil licenses. This would increase the risk of corruption in the sector. In addition, this law opens the door to drilling in national parks and sites of Congo World Heritage. On another issue, that of "illegal logging", the Potentiel newspaper reports that a three-day workshop held to stop it. It was launched by the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Budget on "illegal logging and illegal trade in timber and species of flora and fauna in the DRC." In this regard, bringing the minister of Environment in the opening ceremony of the workshop, Prosperité newspaper notes that this issue is complex. Various components of society are directly or indirectly involved in this unfortunate corollary to traffic on the national economy. "True conjunction diverse interests, the system involves civil servants, soldiers, politicians, politicians, entrepreneurs and various interest groups. The complexity of the system is even more apparent when looking at players in the upstream sector, namely the operators of wildlife and suppliers of logs and wood sold or exported, "said Bavo N'Sa Mputu. Sanitation procedures, involving cross-cutting services, effective implementation of the monitoring program for the production and marketing of wood, regulations artisanal logging and community forestry, among others, the expected outcomes of the workshop, the newspaper said. For its part, Radio Okapi reports that the Minister of Mines, Martin Kabuelulu, banned all artisanal mining activity in the mining site Mukungwe, saying that the site is located within the exclusive scope of the company in the BANRO Walungu in South Kivu. The Minister's decision, contained in a letter addressed to the governor of the province on August 19, was brought to the attention of local miners of gold, gathered on Wednesday September 11 Madaka in the group Mushinga. The Minister's decision Kabuelulu aims to end a conflict between three families Mukungwe vying this site rich in gold, for over a decade. The same media reports that François Habiyaremye, Nlandu Lukebakio and Malio Ngaliema just published a book entitled "Habitats of the reserve and hunting area Bombo Lumene in the DRC, lexicon Kiteke observed in these environments plants." This book of 114 pages talking about biodiversity in protected areas. It was published with the assistance of the Royal Institute of Science of Belgium and the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature. It presents strategies for developing sustainable management plans for biodiversity DRC protected areas from 2008 to 2012.

DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, September 11, 2013

"Oil Boom in the DRC: the duty of transparency," the Potentiel newspaper headlines that, according to estimates issued, including the Minister of Hydrocarbons, announces that the prospect of an explosion of the Congolese oil production profile in 2014. 25 000 barrels / day, could reach in the short term 225,000 barrels / day. The development of deposits Albertine Graben in the east and the area of ​​common interest with Angola on the continental shelf could against the current 325 million, report to the Treasury $ 3.5 billion the year! Opportunities that require sanitation sector. For the newspaper, it's time to think about how to manage this new opportunity offered to the nation. Also in the oil sector, the Observateur newspaper reports that the vice president of the CSU parliamentary group CDU / Bundestag majority in the Bundestag, the German parliament, Dr. Christian Ruck has just launched a new motion in the Bundestag, the German parliament for the protection of Virunga National Park. The newspaper said that Mr Christian Ruck conducted in the month of August 2013 a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo, where he went to report the destruction of the park considered World Heritage by UNESCO. On another topic, Radio Okapi informs a hippo killed twenty-two people in the space of two months on the Kasai River in the city of Mangayi, located 140 kilometers north of the Idiofa Bandundu. This animal, called "Barcelona" operates Panu city Nganda 417, Yuki, Piopio, Tanga Mikolo and the city of Mangayi, as curator of the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) to Mangayi in mission Idiofa center. "Barcelona" generally uses a single procedure: attack canoes to overthrow. Then, hippo attacks passengers become vulnerable in the water. These end up being dismembered, according to the sinners of the Kasai River. For its part, the Forum des As newspaper reports that the DRC is considering the establishment of an agricultural bank and notes that the Congolese government has decided to conduct a study on the establishment of an agricultural bank. He entrusted this mission to Rabobank, the Netherlands. Thus the bank has sent experts to contact industry players. Including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The lengthy hearing the minister granted yesterday Tuesday, September 10 the delegation of Rabobank, led by Gerard Van Kempel, some broad outlines are clear. DRC needs a really rural bank, but not to the city. She did not need a bank politicians and the private sector is involved. That bank also involves farmers' organizations. It takes into account existing networks, micro-finance and co-operative savings and credit.