DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The DRC is a risk of a final delisting of Initiative report for transparency in the extractive industries ( Itie ) 2011 , warned the National Coordinator of the structure , Professor Jeremiah Mack Dumba , announces Radio Okapi said that the National Coordinator asks the political authorities of Katanga to be actively involved to force mining companies in the province to file , within a short time , their forms of audit evidence. According to him, out of the 83 companies included in this scope, only 23 did. If others do not run , the country will be severely punished , he has warned.

Jacob Zuma in Kinshasa to finalize Inga III , informs the newspaper Congo News underlining that " finally, Inga III materializes with the signing this morning by the South African president of the Memorandum of Understanding for the development of the most trusted hydropower in Africa . "

According to the same media , the managing director of the Cohydro , Birindwa Lutshuera , was still being held in the facilities of the National Intelligence Agency ( Anr ) - inside in front of the Government House . According to union sources , he is not entitled to visits , even from members of his family.

The Ecofin Agency announces that Anglo-French oil company Perenco announced on October 25 that its drilling campaign started in April 2013 on four oil fields off the coast of the DR Congo will continue until March 2014. " The drilling was undertaken on four oilfields. This is the revival of an existing well that has never been put into production on the field Lubi , two development wells on the field Liboa , an appraisal well and an injection of water on the field Tshiala and an exploration of the field Moko " well, the company said in a statement. London-based Perenco said in June 2012 that the volume of oil extracted from its producing fields in the DR Congo has reached 28,000 barrels per day.

The government relies on the contribution of the mining sector to achieve the growth target it has set for 2013 . Strategic Troika addressed the issue during its meeting yesterday Monday, October 28 , the Potentiel newspaper says.

Do not overlook the forest sector which according to the edition of Kinshasa of Dépêches de Brazzaville , the organization Global Witness denounced tax evasion and tax arrangements responsible for heavy losses in the Congolese treasury. Between 2011 and 2012 , it estimated the losses at more than ten million U.S. dollars. Based on these quantitative elements , the NGO urged the Prime Minister of the DRC to conduct an inter urgent investigation to examine the economic, social and environmental losses associated with industrial logging . Global Witness , the newspaper said , we must arrive at alternative ways of forest management can lead the DRC towards sustainable development models .

RDC- South Korea 's energy and mining cooperation underway, announces Prospérité daily Prosperity who writes : "This is from Saturday 26 October a South Korean delegation led by Chae Hee- Bong, CEO south Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy stays in Kinshasa. This official mission is in line with the strengthening of cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the DRC. relevant sectors are mining, oil and infrastructure.