lundi 30 septembre 2013

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

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