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.