DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Reporting the forty -first meeting of the year 2013 followed by the economic and financial situation of the country held yesterday in Kinshasa and chaired by the Prime Minister Matata Ponyo , the newspaper L'Avenir reports the situation of raw materials and September 5, 2013 and note : . " copper prices declined by 1.5% because a ton of red metal traded at $ 7,101.00 against $ 7,210.00 last week the price of cobalt is . stabilized at the level of last week, $ 28,665.00 . regarding petroleum products, oil prices continued to rise in both markets , is $ 115.85 ( 1.66 %) , and 110 , 24 ( 2.36 %) respectively squares of London and New York. Regarding agricultural products, prices of major grain products are down from the level of last week. they lie $ 522.22 ( -0.51 %), $ 629.25 , and 179.41 ( -1.86 % ), respectively for soybeans , wheat and corn . "Radio Okapi reports that workers Bakwanga Mining Company ( MIBA ) accuse their management committee to use illegal miners to exploit the diamond in their concessions. The union workers Miba denounced this practice, Thursday, September 5 , Mbuji -Mayi ( Kasai Oriental ) . Thursday, September 5 received by the Governor of Kasai Oriental , Alphonse Ngoy Kasanji unionists Miba have also accused the leaders of this company not to provide efforts to boost production .The same media also reported that the Advocacy Centre for the Welfare of Masika ( CAPSM ) deplores the presence of children in the diamond mines of Tshikapa ( Kasai Occidental) . This NGO calls on local authorities to facilitate the social and educational reintegration of these children . The focal point of the center of action for the promotion of social Masika says that the territories of Luiza , Demba Luebo Dimbelenge and also with children in the diamond mines . According to him, more than four thousand children were identified in the mines of these territories.The Daily Republique reports that in a press release issued Friday, September 7th , the British NGO Global Witness calls on the Congolese authorities to open the draft hydrocarbon law to public consultation as they have done with the revision of mining Code. The draft hydrocarbon law expected to be passed by the Congolese National Assembly at its next session, which begins on September 15.On another note, the biweekly Maximum informs that the CEO of the National Electricity Company (SNEL ), Eric Mbala administrator , said the governor of the province of Katanga, Moïse Katumbi , starting the rehabilitation of hydroelectric dams and Nseke Nilo take two weeks.The biweekly also noted that this is more than five years , the bush behind the regional ( CREN -K ) nuclear energy center of Kinshasa in the site of the University of Kinshasa ( Unikin ) , serves as the site of prayer for many people or members of churches in Kinshasa. They come from all corners of the capital to implore God in this place that is ideal in the context of personal or collective prayers. The authorities have repeatedly responded Unikin in the direction to prohibit any form of prayer meeting here. However, the police committed to the implementation of this measure will manage to monetize access to repeat offenders.