DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The province of Kasai - Oriental undertakes to intervene to revive the hydroelectric Tshiala owned Mining Bakwanga ( MIBA ) in order to cope with the lack of power prevailing in Mbuji -Mayi recent weeks, says radio Okapi . An amount of 50,000 U.S. was given the weekend to Enerka , which sells electricity in this city , to accelerate work troubleshooting machinery and power back up more than 10 megawatts . Currently , the plant produces only 2 megawatts , while its expected capacity of 18 megawatts . Electricity needs of the MIBA would be filled with 10 or 12 megawatts , the amount being sought to increase the illumination of the diamond city.

Leave Kasai Oriental to Katanga where, according to Prosperité newspaper , The Carter Center urges the Government of the DRC to ensure that all transactions and income flows of mining companies belonging to the State, and, particular , the General quarries and mines ( Gécamines ) are transparent to preserve the public interest. The intention of Gécamines to sell its shares in Kamoto Copper Company (KCC ) is similar to recent sales of undervalued state assets which have already cost over a billion dollars in the DRC, who gets information about the newspaper an article in the publication Atlanta.The Agency Ecofin notes that the copper deposit Judeira in Kipoi project in the DRC , would conceal about 6.1 million tonnes of Inferred resources at 1.2 % copper for 71,000 tonnes of contained metal , announced November 26 Tiger Resources Ltd . " The estimation of untapped resources Judeira is a crucial step in increasing the resources available to be treated SXEW plant Kipoi 6 km ," commented the CEO, Brad Marwood . The deposit is a Judeira surface mineralization that extends over 2,200 m, while the resource estimate included only a mineralized zone of 1600 m. Tiger Resources Ltd believes there is enough potential to go further drilling to help increase resources . The project covers 55 km2 Kipoi and full deposits which Kipoi Central, Kipoi North , Kileba , Judeira and Kaminafitwe.

The district commissioner of Lukaya Theodore Khumbu Ntula , recently allowed after refusing at first to welcome Msgr Fidèle Nsielele office , Bishop of Kisantu to finally get without doing sit, scream on him as if it were any bare- feet. In case the concession to the Diocese of Kisantu Kikonka part of which has been illegally subdivided by the local cadastre apparently on the orders of the current District Commissioner , reports the Observateur . According to the newspaper , the Bishop of Kisantu had moved itself to illuminate the religion of the district authority itself fully involved in this case , the history of this concession.

DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, November 26, 2013

The consultation committee Muanda structure presented as the spokesperson of the population of this city with the oil companies operating there, said he did not agree with the findings of senators accusing the company Perenco pollute the region of Bas- Congo , radio Okapi announces . The chairman of this committee , Kiki Kiatonda , said that without the oil business, would Muanda village. According to the UN radio , the chairman consultation Muanda said senators should address this issue in a comprehensive and non-sectoral manner , explaining that oil traders and company Socir also exploit the oil Muanda .
The press also echoed the oral question with debate addressed to the Minister for Finance , Patrice Kitebi by Senator Musendu Flora , chairman of the Senate inquiry on oil exploitation in Muanda . According to the Phare , the Senate criticizes the legal vacuum around the responsibility of oil companies. " In total, two senators have sought and obtained the floor , namely She Okitundu and Emery Kalamba , the newspaper writes . Both have criticized the legal confusion or emptiness that surrounds the responsibility of the oil companies. Reason that the upper chamber has refused to take the risk to build on an issue that poses a serious problem of legal basis . Mr. Emery Kalamba mentioned , about two texts of laws, namely the 1981 Act and the 2011 before question why the government would support the contract with Perenco . " The newspaper pointed out that the minister admitted that he was not sporting his comfort to bring light sought through issues related to the environment and hydrocarbons.

" The President of the Senate on Monday asked the government to respond to the pollution of the territory of Muanda by oil exploration company Perenco ," announces the Potentiel related oral question with debate in the Senate yesterday . " Senator Flora Musendu wanted to know more , especially about the breakdown of 500 000 USD annually allocated to the central government for the training of officials in the oil , and the use of the $ 1,000,000 year affected by the oil companies to the central government for prospecting efforts , as well as the transfer accounting PERENCO - REF provision for cost estimated at $ 83 million at the end of 2011, while this sum abandonment should be housed at the Central Bank. According to the Minister for Finance , conventional and non-conventional funds , amounted to $ 300 000 and not 500 000 according to the Ministry of Hydrocarbons. Prior to indicate that the Ministry of Finance No. is not concerned with conventional funds . He also stressed that there is need to improve the management of these funds and the environment in Muanda as recommended by the Senate " , as the paper notes .On the subject of mining, Prosperité newspaper reports starting Friday, November 22, 2013 at the new plant of copper and cobalt plant called New Look. According to the newspaper , this mill is located Kambove , south of the city of Lubumbashi, on an area of ​​23.700 m² , not far from the huge deposit of copper and cobalt Kanfundwa . The plant has a production capacity of 600 tons per day of copper concentrates and cobalt content of 18%. This ultramodern plant has cost the General Career and mines ( Gécamines ) , more than 21 million U.S. dollars.

The Lake Tanganyika Authority ( LTA) , involving four countries bordering Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, Tanzania , Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been meeting since last Monday, November 25 . Objective: To reflect on the achievements recorded by the members of the Management Committee of ALT at the end of their term of 5 years , informs Forum des As underlining that organized by the Management Committee of the Lake Tanganyika Authority , the 6th two-day meeting , held in preparation for the conference of Ministers of Lake Tanganyika Authority which will take place on November 28 . In his opening remarks , the Director of the Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Jean Dieudonné Kavese Paluku , on behalf of Minister Jean -Chrysostome Vahamwiti noted that Lake Tanganyika is a common heritage of four riparian countries none of these states can not sustainably manage alone. Thus , the DRC takes this opportunity to renew its commitment , there are more than 10 years , signing the Convention which is the manifestation of its policy to cooperate with friendly countries and brothers in respect of the sovereignty of each will.

DRC natural resources press review of Monday, November 25, 2013

" Mining in the DRC must meet regulations that are binding on everyone, think this is what the Archbishop of Bukavu , Mgr François- Xavier Maroy . Idea supported by Bishop Theophilus Kaboy , Bishop of Goma, the province of North Kivu. Kaboy As Bishop told MEPs during their parliamentary commission on the illegal exploitation of minerals and armed conflict at the end of last October , mining enriches outside and non- indigenous peoples who continue to languish in a black " misery , writes the Catholic agency DIA .
The same media also reports that in the fight against deforestation, the government and the Bad undertake and writes "Recently, the Bad ( African Development Bank ) adopted the REDD + Project in ponds and Mbuji-Mayi/Kananga Kisangani ( PIREDD / MBKIS ), where it is a partner of the Congolese Government to limit the negative impact of these hot spots . According to the agency , the ultimate goal of the project is to contribute to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases ( GHG) emissions from deforestation and forest degradation while contributing to the reduction of poverty among the population in the basins of Mbuji-Mayi ( Kasai Oriental, Kananga ( Kasai Occidental ) and Kisangani ( Orientale Province) .

In the same order, Radio Okapi reports that the territory of Kenge in Bandundu has lost some of its forest. The president of the local branch of the Association for the Development of Bandundu ( Adb ), Jean Bosco Kabambu , sounded the alarm Thursday, November 21 , at the close of the workshop on deforestation and the importance agroforestry at Kenge . Jean Bosco Kabambu has also urged people to plant new trees by agriculture at the same time stressing that agroforestry plays an important role in the environmental sector .

DRC natural resources press review of Friday, November 22, 2013

The closing of the tripartite workshop on the revision of the Mining Code was held yesterday in Kinshasa. Echoing this activity, the Phare newspaper announces that the ball is in the government camp and emphasized that this session ended with a series of observations that the Minister ( hydrocarbons representative of the Mines mission) promised to " report accurately to the government." The newspaper added : " This workshop served as a foundation to resolve differences ... Be assured that the recommendations will be incorporated into the Draft to be forwarded to Parliament."

" The Mining Code revised soon ," as his side tri-weekly Africa News writes that the representative of the Minister of Mines has expressed the wish to see the Mining Code to be implemented , safeguard the interests of the State and all actors involved. He said he was satisfied because the recommendations of this meeting showed more points of convergence than divergence .

Stay on the folder of mines  where Radio Okapi reports that hundred thirty four homes minerals have been identified in the territory of Mambasa (Eastern Province) . This was revealed Wednesday, November 20 the National coordination of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR ) , at the end of the assessment of the security situation work in mining areas in Ituri. The purpose of this meeting was to set up a monitoring mechanism to certify the minerals that depart from the eastern DRC do not come from conflict zones. According to the conclusions of the ICGLR , gold mining extract these homes is usually sold fraudulently in neighboring countries that the organization has not appointed.Mining in these homes, military, police and militia led by Morgan illegally exploit minerals. They collect taxes and impose fines , says the ICGLR .
 On another topic , Radio Okapi reports that the Senate passed Wednesday, November 20 recommendations of the commission that investigated the pollution of the coastal city in Moanda Bas- Congo after oil extraction . The Senate recommends including Perenco to invest in environmental compliance and decontaminate the soil and waters of this coastal city. Chairman of the Senate Committee , Flora Mosendu , calls on the authorities to bring Perenco to assume its responsibilities for the maintenance of ecosystem Moanda .

The same media reports that fishermen operating on Lake Edward to Kanyabayobga ( North Kivu ) unlawfully use more than four hundred children aged 12-17 years in this business. The denunciation was made Thursday, November 21 by President Kakule Kaniki research center on the environment, democracy and human right ( CREDDHO ) . He described the practice of "serious violation of children's rights ." He asked that we should government intervention " as the Congo tomorrow belongs to the children ."

DRC natural resources press review of Thursday, November 21, 2013

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank ( AfDB) approved , Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 , funding of $ 68 million in favor of the Project to support the development of the electricity sector ( PASEL ) and Site multinational Inga . Several newspapers in Kinshasa reported this information.

 PASEL finalize the preparation of the first phase of the Grand Inga hydropower project - commonly called " Inga 3 Project" - which is to develop a power generation capacity of 4,800 MW Inga , and to develop transmission lines power to supply at the same time the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa, announces the newspaper L'Avenir.

The Inga hydroelectric megaproject in Bas- Congo bold steps , which indicates the Potentiel stresses that the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank ( AfDB) approved yesterday Wednesday, November 20, 2013 from its temporary agency relocation of Tunis, funding Usd 68 million in favor of the Project to support the development of the electricity sector ( PASEL ) and multinational Inga site . 
Inga III: AfDB Approves Funding of $ 68 million in favor of notes Pasel, writes Forum des ASInga , the proposed mega- hydroelectric making great strides , says the Observateur .Editing Kinshasa of Dépêches de Brazzaville also announces that " ADB agrees to release $ 68 million "Without announcing information on financing $ 68 million of Inga III , the Maximum biweekly notes that the construction of Inga III is an economic decision , not political. According to the newspaper , based on a press release from the Ministry of Water Resources released last Friday, the Minister wrote : "The development of Inga III by building new hydro contains an economic decision by the fact that it is necessary for the development of the DRC and Africa whose needs for 2030 , amounted to 30,000 megawatts for the DRC and 100,000 MW for Africa . "

On another topic , Radio Okapi reports that the textile company Kisangani ( Sotexki ) signed a trade and cooperation agreement with the authorities of the province of Equatorial State Center in the Republic of South Sudan to provide this country 300,000 meters Congolese tissues. But she is struggling to get regular supply of cotton , said Tuesday, Nov. 19 the boss of this company. To turn up the factory and meet the commitment made ​​with the southerners , the Sotexki must supply regular cotton. But it faces serious difficulties in this regard.The same media also reports that five illegal miners were killed and three others were injured in two landslides occurred there two days in mining quarries Biwaya and Kov , respectively 15 and 5 km from the city of Kolwezi , in Katanga .

DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, November 19, 2013

"Rwanda remains attached to the DRC," titles the Potentiel which is why the end of the war and the dissolution of M23 have dealt a fatal blow to Kigali reactivated its lobbies in the DRC, in the Great Lakes region and the plan international that he gets to keep one foot in the eastern DRC . In Kigali , is his only way to survive and sustain its growth achieved on the back of natural resources in the DRC .The Ecofin Agency announces that Wednesday, November 15, 2013 , the Ministry of Mines held a official ceremony vehicles acquired funding Promines , senior managers and directors of divisions Mines executives. The ceremony, high color , took place at Central Motors warehouses , located avenue Metallurgy No. 41, in the town of Kingabwa . Speaking first, Yenga Mabolia the Promines coordinator , said that this event is " proof , once again , that the World Bank and the British cooperation , working together on the development and the improving governance in the mining sector of the DRC "

According to the newspaper Forum des As the Minister Remy Musungayi says that SMEs are the focus of industrial policy in the DRC. The newspaper said it was part of the celebration on November 20 the day of the industrialization of Africa and informs that Kinshasa home since last November 18 a regional workshop on the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs ) in Africa. Assize of these three days are jointly organized by the Ministry of Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises and the Commission of the African Union , under the theme : Promoting SMEs for inclusive and sustainable growth in Africa . "

The Botanical Garden Kisantu in the province of Bas -Congo is being upgraded , the newspaper  Forum des As indicating that the patron "Promo Kisantu Garden " and House Speaker German- Congolese Princess Odette Maniema Krempin has this site has a lot of important material for the beautification and restoration of this tourist site. The Garden, the largest in Africa , has a restaurant undergoes a major transformation . The intervention of this fellow is the result of an agreement between the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN ) and the Chamber of Commerce German- Congolese .

DRC natural resources press review of Monday, November 18, 2013

" Project on water, MEPs call for the revision of the Water Code ," information which indicates that the Phare for two days, more than fifty members of the House Committee on Planning and infrastructure, company experts and guests discussed at a workshop in the development of national legislation in the water sector . This workshop was held in Kawali building in Kinshasa.

The same information and for the Potentiel newspaper , members were informed about the issues of water legislation .
 For its part, the tri-weekly Congo  Nouveau informs the senators voted Friday, November 15, 2013 , the law on the liberalization of the electricity sector in the DRC , a week after his visit to the National Assembly. According to the newspaper , this law offers the opportunity to become private operators in the sector.

The population of the mining area in the chiefdom Soleniama Baboa Bokoe Ituri held Friday, November 15th a protest march against the exploitation of gold by the semi-industrial societies in its entity , informs Radio Okapi that says , by civil society Irumu this population accuses these companies do not take into account the interests of indigenous performing community projects. During the protest , demonstrators torched the local office and the leadership of the group , threatening to burn dredges companies complained . More than five semi-industrial companies operate gold in the chiefdom Baboa Bokoe to Irumu . But , according to civil society, the population does not benefit from these mining activities.
In the same order in Katanga, the Sakania community creates a committee to assess the social actions of mining companies in the country, reports the Congolese News Agency (ACP ), which stresses that the administrator of the territory, Kilonge Mpundu welcomed the initiative of the Sakania community to establish a committee to assist local communities to properly claim their rights including the assessment of social actions of mining companies operating in their territory. "Before it was a population that is raised , who came to the district office to denounce acts because the company does not stand properly , the company was not doing this or that ... We tried to give advice how to claim their rights and ask the people to what is a priority , "said Mr. Kilonge Mpundu .

On another note, the gorilla reserve Sarambwe is occupied by local and foreign armed groups there are more than a year , reports Congo Nouveau indicates that the presence of these armed groups threatens the security of protected animals in the park Virunga , in North Kivu .
For oil in the Lake Albert and Virunga National Park , Museveni concocts a rebellion with Colonel John Tshibangu announces Manchette newspaper which emphasizes that " reliable sources reveal that Museveni is in preparation of a new rebellion aimed to continue destabilization of the eastern part of the DRC . " The newspaper adds that " the Ugandan government prefers to protect its territory Makenga and his men , with the sole aim to convince to join the men of Colonel John Tshibangu fallen to attack again , with the guarantee of Museveni , the DRC ... "
The Ecofin Agency announces that the company Regal Resources Ltd listed on ASX announced Nov. 15 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Traxys Europe SA to acquire, explore and develop the important project of copper and cobalt Kalongwe , Katanga in the DRC. The two companies will acquire a 60% interest , with the right to 20% later in the project, following an agreement with the Industrial and Commercial General Congo SPRL (IGCC ), which holds Kalongwe . " Kalongwe is a real opportunity for Regal and appears as an ideal project for the company in its current stage of development. Not only it offers potential targets of copper and cobalt but reduces investment liabilities of the company through risk sharing with a strong financial partner , "said David Young , CEO of Regal . The results of drilling in the project provided mineralization including 3.38% Cu and 0.93 % Co over 90.23 m, 4.14% Cu and 0.57 % Co over 77.60 m and 2.22 % Cu and 0 , 84% Co on 70 m.

DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Minister Bruno Kapandji cleared the mystery Inga III and gives the exact size of the treaty with South Africa, the Avenir newspaper said that has published an interview with the Minister of Energy . Reporting the minister , the daily wrote: "Inga is worthless without buyer So for economic reasons I had a buyer willing to commit funds to 2500mW It has guaranteed Rewarding Africa. . . . South ? Since 1882 we speak of Inga . it was only in 1970 that Mobutu had built Inga , and it took ten years to see Inga in 1980 with a capacity of 1450 MW . Since then nothing could be done more because the potential is there . the reason is clear commitment. Joseph Kabila has given a clear picture . "The Potenitel newspaper reported that the recovery of the Authority 's water distribution DRC ( Regideso ) entered its decisive phase. After the Portfolio Minister and his colleague of Water Resources and Electricity countersigned on 10 and 15 January 2013 respectively the service contract between the group Finagestion / SDE / COPIREP and the time is now to finalize all preliminary stages, before considering the implementation of the recovery plan.
 " Even without the M23, the Congolese mines Eastern controlled by armed groups ," says a study by the Belgian independent research group " International Peace Information Service ( IPIS ), written Tempêtes des Tropiques which emphasizes that " curiously , the document produced by the Belgians will be presented to Rwanda that has nothing to do with the minerals from the DRC . "

A meeting scheduled in between Brazil and the DRC in Warsaw as part of the conference on climate change summit , inform the Potentiel writes : " At the initiative of Brazil , the DRC is invited to discuss issues related to the change climate on the sidelines of the meeting in Warsaw . Brazilian minister , in fact, extended an invitation to his Congolese counterpart Bavo N'Sa Mputu . Izabela Teixeira was absent from Brasilia during the last visit of the Congolese delegation .

" The European Parliament is the management of mines " , reports the Catholic news agency DIA , who writes: " At the end of the mission of the European Parliamentarians held from October 27 to November 2, 2013 in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu , the secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Natural Resources (CERN) , Henri Muhiya , which called for a sustainable management of mineral resources in the DRC , said that the objectives have been achieved. Alongside the preparation of the European Council and the adoption by the European Parliament of a law on responsible sourcing of minerals from conflict zones and areas at high risk, the mission objectives were to allow MEPs (including the delegation to consisted of two members : Catherine Bearder , British , and Judith Sargentini , Netherlands ) and representatives of organizations of European civil society to absorb the reality of the complexity and dynamics of land prior to the adoption of the said Act .

DRC natural resources press review of Monday, November 11, 2013

" Recovery of mining royalty Kitebi stop the bleeding " titles the Potentiel which explains that "the managements of some services and agencies happily shared the proceeds of mining royalties Officially For fiscal 2012 , a total of 52 million USD . ! had been distributed without an impact between the Monitoring Committee , DGRAD , the Office of the Monitoring Committee , the IGF, the CEEC , the General Secretariat for Foreign Trade, the CGEA SAESSCAM the CTCPM , the CPU, the coaching / Mines Commission , the Division of Mines of Katanga , the LDB , the OCC and Ogefrem . It was time to put order in the process. Patrice Kitebi , Minister for Finance did by enacting new rules of the game " .

The Senate inquiry on pollution caused by oil extraction in the Bas-Congo submitted its report on Friday , November 8. It involves oil company Perenco Rep and deplores the " irresponsibility" of the government to the pollution of the city of Moanda . This report is the conclusion of an investigation launched after the establishment of the Commission in December 2012, announces that Radio Okapi whicn notes on site Moanda , senators including samples of the soil, air and water.
In connection with the further pollution, oil drilling pollutes the waters of the Atlantic Ocean , denounced Thursday, November 7 Angolan and Congolese fishermen. They said at a sub- regional seminar on oil exploitation DRC - Angola border organized in the city of Moanda , 230 kilometers of Matadi in the Bas- Congo. The representative of sinners in Angola and DR Congo , this pollution is the basis of the disappearance of different species of fish , says Radio Okapi .
The head of UNOPS project in North Kivu , Dario Tedesco fears that the next eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano can start directly in the city of Goma, capital of the province. He said on Friday , November 8 at Radio Okapi , this volcano is still active and contains a permanent lava lake , which since 2002 is mounted 600 m. "However , says Dario Tedesco , nothing yet indicates the imminence of such a disaster ," said the radio.
According to the same radio , five artisanal miners were killed at their places of work Friday, November 8 at two mudslides occurred in Djugu . The chief administrative supervision of Nizi post Dhessa Lossa believes that the accident was due to the rains that fell over two days on this part of the Eastern Province. He intends to ask the leaders of the mining company Kilomoto ( Sokimo ) , owner of the dealership where the accident occurred , to suspend temporarily artisanal gold mining .
In the same order , and always Radio Okapi , two people were killed and another seriously injured in a landslide of earth happened Friday, November 8 in mine craft diamond Ten Zaïres in the city of Bakua Bowa , 25 km from Mbuji -Mayi ( Kasai Oriental ) . Provincial mining authorities have attributed the incident to the obsolescence of the operating artisanal diamond mine . Witnesses said that the three artisanal diamond diggers had resolved to make a fraudulent artisanal diamond mining operation called " Jubilee ."

The population ransacked Saturday, November 9 the police office mines Bisie ( Walikale ) , in North Kivu , after three miners were shot and wounded during a demonstration suppressed by the police. Artisanal miners Bisie , about 80 km northeast of Walikale center , grouped into mining cooperative , protesting against their removal from the site for the company Mining Processing Congo. Administrative authorities descended on the place on Sunday to calm the tension. Miners rioted their refusal to leave the six square miles where they conduct their artisanal mining . The mining police intervened by firing several shots in the air to try to disperse the protesters , injuring three of them , announces Radio Okapi .
In another case , local communities Kibirizi , who cultivated in the Virunga Park , have two months to remove their crops before they are destroyed by the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN ) . The two sides reached agreement Friday, November 8 after 3 days of events organized by the inhabitants of this town about a hundred km from Goma, North Kivu, after ICCN began destroying their crops , radio Okapi reports . These native also require the park boundaries are refocused . ICCN had begun Monday devastate crops of beans, corn, soy or peanut seeded at least 12 km inside the park, between the station and Rwindi Kiberizi by some 50,000 inhabitants Kibirizi

DRC natural resources press review of Friday, November 8, 2013

Operating mining companies in Katanga province are required to build on the site of the City Luano common Annex to Lubumbashi , buildings that meet international standards to accommodate their seats, informs the Congolese News Agency (ACP ) which states that Dr Audax Sompwe , provincial Minister of Mines of Katanga, was announced during a meeting he chaired on Thursday in his office working for managers of these companies. The provincial minister of mines told his interlocutors the merits of the provincial government initiative that part of the realization of the vision of the President of the Republic on the revolution of modernity. He , at the same time , mine operators reminded of their obligation to associate with mining maize production with a plantation of 500 hectares by company

On the issue of Cohydro , the Phare newspaper says, the Minister of the Portfolio is rolled in flour. " While all the documents indicate that the famous cargo of 12,500 metric tons of petroleum products expected for July 2013 is part of a web of lies , the mafia network set up by the agent suspended from duty and placed in a cool amigo special services do not stop rolling the Portfolio Minister in flour. lie the last day for announcing the arrival on November 15 at the port of Matadi , a loaded tanker to deliver the Cohydro , the 12,500 metric tons fictitious having taken him to prison Managing Ludjwera and two suspects involved in the forced liquidation of the corporation. hoping to save time, the network of the former strongman of a Cohydro allowed to circulate false information that Labohlano Trading Investments would have given the contract to another South African company and the new partner Cohydro was ready to fulfill its commitments by 15 November 2013. where the solicitation from Portfolio Minister a reprieve to run up the aforementioned " maturity writes le Phare.

In connection with the appointment of Jack Rosen as a member of the Board of Gecamines , the newspaper Le Phare speaks of " An American in Gécamines ."

DRC natural resources press review of Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Agency Ecofin informs that the  Gécamines today announced the appointment of Jack Rosen as a member of its board of directors . His appointment brings to Gécamines " the qualities of a leader international companies who can advise the company and its direction in the pursuit and implementation of their Strategic Development Plan ," said the famous Congolese company. Mr. Rosen has long been special adviser to political leaders and heads of state, not only the United States but also in Africa , the Middle East and Asia. In addition to leading Rosen Partners LLC, Mr. Rosen also serves on the Advisory Board of Altimo , a leading investment firms in telecommunications in Russia. Mr. Rosen has served on the board of several listed companies . Among his philanthropic activities , he was president of the American Council for Judaism in the World and is now President of the American Jewish Congress.
 Delegates from civil society organizations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , working in the natural resource sector , met , on 4 and 5 November 2013 in the meeting room Chebeya Carter Center in Kinshasa , inform the Potentiel . It was on the occasion of the 10th Day Initiative evaluation process for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI ) in the DRC. Objective: To evaluate this process with particular focus on the publication of the DRC EITI Report 2011 to 31 December 2013 . Following this work, a statement following the analysis of the EITI process has been made and in which they have made appropriate recommendations to the government , the executive committee of the EITI and its technical secretariat.
 On this evaluation meeting of the EITI process , Tempêtes de Tropiques indicates that civil society increases the pressure on the government of the DRC. In one of its paragraphs , the paper wrote: " Another observation made by the participants of this workshop is to review the balance of U.S. $ 26 million of the 88 million DGRAD is still not traced by the General Inspectorate of Finance .

The head of MONUSCO called this Wednesday, November 6 Congolese to preserve the environment, especially in the territories affected by armed conflict , announces Radio Okapi reported that he made ​​the call on the occasion of the celebration of international day for the Preservation of the Environment in war and Armed Conflict . Martin Kobler said the environment during armed conflict is also suffering . The head of MONUSCO said that the preservation of the environment was a legacy for future generations.
In the same order, the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF- DRC) and the Forestry Development Corporation ( SODEFOR ) have strengthened their collaboration. This was done through the signing of a partnership agreement. In this context , both parties can explore the options of carbon finance for better forest management, according to the principle of the FSC and other - certification scheme, indicates the Potentiel
 .As the state and SNEL dragging their feet to electrify the country, the Potentiel indicates that the population of Butembo , North Kivu important economic center employs more on solar energy instead of generators. This source of clean energy allows households to be self-sufficient and save money. And daily to make this description: " The night Butembo now sparkles everywhere bulbs illuminate homes at the same time that hundreds of twinkling lights in the main streets of the city this important commercial city of North Kivu n. . is yet connected to any official power grid. residents do what they can to access to electricity. " Before it was generators purchased by the consumer association that lit the city, but for a little more two years , everyone turns to solar energy , "said John Tchipenda , electrician specializing in renewable energy."
 With support from the World Bank , says the Prosperité, Regideso aims to ensure safe drinking water by 2015 for 70 million people.

In addition, the Congolese Press Agency (ACP ) announces that the Minister of Economy and Trade , Jean Paul Nemoyato conducted Wednesday at the opening of the first edition of the International Trade and Industry , organized by Athlantic Exhibition and its partners , which runs from November 6 to 9 in the grounds of the International Fair of Kinshasa. The Minister said that Nemoyato lounge is in trade and industrial policy in the DRC. He said that the economic reforms undertaken since 2001 in the DRC aimed at improving the economic situation , noting that the pacification of the country reinforces the joint efforts to revive economic activity and offer both domestic and international investors the opportunity invest freely and safely in the DRC

DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, November 6, 2013

The Avenir newspaper reports that since Thursday, October 31, 2013 , the Hotel Leon provides a framework for work consultation on the revision of the mining code . Funding for this work was part of the first component of Promines , devoted primarily to the exercise of fundamental barriers to access to resources and the creation of an enabling environment for the development of the mining sector in the DRC . Indeed , the main goal of this work, coordinated by the international consultant hired by Promines is to assist the Government in the adjustment of the legal framework ( legal and regulatory ) governing the mining sector in order to improve mining legislation and thus allow a more transparent, equitable from all key stakeholders. This is to promote better regulation of the activities of this sector.
 " Grumbling  in the Congolese hydrocarbons ( Cohydro ) "  informs Forum des As the CEO have the Congolese hydrocarbons ( COHYDRO ), Mr. Birindwa Ludjwera is in custody since Friday, October 25, 2013 . Forcibly arrest this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. , at the exit from his office on the 8th floor of the headquarters building COHYDRO , as he was about to join the National Union delegation in the meeting room to chair the biannual meeting has not at all been digested by the staff of the company. Hence , the discontent that exists now.

" Kabwelulu defies Matata by appointing his relatives to SAESSCAM " announces the biweekly Congo News explains that " by naming the sly by ministerial order five of his relatives at SAESSCAM ( Helpdesk and supervision of Smail Scale Mining) , all the rank of Deputy Chief of service, including his brother , Mwaba Muntandwe Bertin , Martin Kawelulu proved once again that it is a poor Minister of Mines despite its longevity record at the head of the department (more than 5 years). While a decree of the Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo , dated October 24 , taken the day after the speech of the President of the Republic before Congress prohibited all ministers to recruit, appoint, promote and to make the movement at all levels . "

In an interview with Radio Okapi , Martin Kobler , the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations , said: "We need to end the war so that everyone enjoys the DRC natural resources ." He had said these words: It's the end of the atrocities the end of the war. Must cooperate with the government and everyone who has the interest in developing this area because people should not suffer from the country's wealth . It is very important to have the state rights and minerals that must be operated legally. You are a country that has human and natural resources. We must all put an end to war so that everyone enjoys the DRC natural resources

DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, November 5, 2013

The Swiss Association Track Impunity Always ( Trial) accuses the company Argo- Heraeus SA have refined nearly 3 tons of gold looted between 2004 and 2005 by an armed group in Ituri (Eastern Province) , announces radio Okapi . To believe the association, the fundamentalist nationalist militia (FNI ) financed their activities through the gold trade. This gold worth about $ 40 million was looted in a gold mining concession near the town of Mongbwalu , 80 km north of Bunia in Ituri. This concession was controlled by the militia . Counsel for Trial, gold refining provided by an armed group is considered by the Swiss Penal Code as a war crime and should be punished to fight against the financing of armed conflicts.
The same media also reports that besides the 3rd Forum of the Chamber of Mines of the Federation of Enterprises of Congo ( FEC ) on the revision of the mining code, the Director General of Kibale Glodmines revealed to Radio Okapi the seizure of 180 kg of gold by Kenyan police in Nairobi Tuesday, October 29 . According to him, this package is estimated at about 8 million U.S. dollars. The Director General of Kibale Glodmines Louis Watum said that package was simply struck by lack of information. Kibale Glodmines conducts necessary steps to settle the situation
In the same order , Radio Okapi reports that six people were arrested Sunday, Nov. 3 villages Mwalaba and cooperative in the territory of Kasenga Katanga. They are accused of illegal logging , in connivance with some Chinese subjects . The provincial Environment Minister believes it is time to end this phenomenon deprives the Katanga provincial govern means of its policy. Action hailed by civil society Katanga .
 To put an end to the plundering of natural resources , during an intervention in a round table in Bonn, Germany , Prof. Bali Barume gave a brief overview of the certification of natural resources in the DRC and Rwanda . According Forum des As which announcing the information , the teacher believes that the certification process minerals in the DRC and Rwanda is possible.
 On another topic , the biweekly Maximum reports that the Chamber of Mines of the Federation of Enterprises of Congo ( FEC ) voted for a slight change in the tax under the Mining Code of the DRC , being revised in order to maintain trend growth in the mining sector since 2002 .
 The Directorate-General of the League of gold mines of Kilo- Moto ( Sokimo ) develops a new vision on the actual recovery of the company, its activities for disabled in the wars that have plunged the eastern DRC in various violence writes that indicates Potentiel today, thanks to agreements signed in the Kibale Moto Goldmines project in the Gold Group , Kibale with Randgold and AngloGold Ashanti Ashanti Kilo in the Group, the top of the tunnel is in sight. And Sokimo rises .

The same media reports that the European Union does not want to answer the DRC conspicuously absent at the 19th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held from November 11 to 22, 2013 in Warsaw, Poland. And the Potentiel to pose this question: " Brazil, Congo and Malaysia not they are unavoidable environmental powers in negotiations that affect climate change ? "