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 .