DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, October 30, 2013

In the presence of Presidents Kabila and Jacob Zuma , the DRC and South Africa signed a treaty on Grand Inga, informs the Observateur newspaper which states that the treaty was signed by the Congolese Minister of Water Resources and Electric Bruno Kapandji Kalala and his South African colleague of Energy.Radio Okapi says that this contract provides for the purchase by the South 2500 Megawatt (MW ) Africa , more than half of the total capacity of the Inga III project estimated at 4800 MW. The construction of Inga III dam could cost around $ 8.5 billion , according to the Congolese government. The total cost is estimated at $ 12.5 billion including related fees . The start of construction is planned for October 2015 and the development of Inga III service could occur between 2020 and 2021.
In the same area and spoke of the benefits of signing an energy cooperation agreement Monday, October 28, 2013 , Forum des As reports that South Korea plans to invest in exploration for unassigned . According to the newspaper , the ideal partner for the DRC intends to participate in the future , exploration projects unallocated deposits including oil, natural gas , oil shale and associated gas."The governor of Katanga, Moïse Katumbi , asked the National Minister of Mines to order the closure of all mining companies in the province who do not pay taxes," announces Radio Okapi which reports that this application follows the appeal by the national Coordinator of the Initiative for the extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI ) to the provincial authorities to be involved in bringing the companies to submit their completed audit evidence in a short time , the risk that the DRC be removed forever from the EITI report 2011.

Returning to tax evasion on forest taxes reported by the NGO Global Witness, Forum des As indicates that the agents of the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism in the dock .