DRC natural resources press review of Monday, September 2, 2013

"The government intends to increase public and private investment in mining rate of 10% of GDP on average per year during the period 2012-2016 " , informs the newspaper Soft International, which said that the contribution of the mining sector in 2010 in the GDP was 12 % and 9% of the state budget . The newspaper points out that we are still far away, the years when Gecamines buckled alone up to 70 % of the national budget.The same media also reports that the state plans to give a new direction to counter precious materials in the DRC. A mutation counters processing entities and / or processing (gold chain, cassiterite , copper, cobalt ) is in order to increase the added value of mineral products for export . According to the paper , this could be a great innovation in the mining industry for more than 10 years after the entry into force of the Mining Code .Remain in mines where Okapi radio shows General quarries and mines ( Gécamines ) dislodged , this weekend , hundreds of artisanal miners of his career Lupoto in territory Kipushi , nearly 25 km from Lubumbashi ( Katanga ) . The intersyndical of Gécamines who gave this information indicates that this operation took place without breaking , only miners camps were destroyed. He said that the miners were aware for a few days before being driven off of the mine site. The managing director of Gecamines , Kalej Hamed , explained that his company has dislodged these artisanal miners to recover this site and boost its production." Forced to leave the mining polygon Mining Bakwanga (MIBA ) , some artisanal miners are engaged in the robbery thus raising the rate of crime in the diamond capital , Mbuji -Mayi ," the thrice-weekly New Congo .On another issue , the newspaper Soft International announces that officials of the Regional Centre for Nuclear Studies of Kinshasa ( CREN -K ) reiterated their offer to the government to engage in the operation of nuclear power. According to the newspaper , it is the French company AREVA , which should contribute to the electrification of the DRC , the rate of energy coverage hardly exceeds 9%.The same media also notes that face of international criticism and protest against oil exploration in the region of Virunga National Park , in North Kivu , DRC has , now , without doubt, an argument in concrete to justify ... more an alibi , a jurisprudence. The newspaper reports that Ecuador, Amazon state in Latin America , decided in late August 2013 to exploit oil in the Yasuni park as the "international community" that stopped him was not able pay as agreed in 2007, the $ 3.6 billion compensation as a contribution to the fight against global warming and prevent the emission of 400 million tons of CO2, responsible for greenhouse gas emissions.Still on the issue of oil , citing Congolese Press Agency (ACP ) the tri-weekly New Congo reports that blocking trucks carrying oil and gasoline at the entrance of the town of Mbuyi -Mayi , in from the station to the SNCC Dilolo Katanga. The Directorate General of Customs and Excise ( LDB ) blocked the shipment at the border for refusing to pay customs duties .