DRC natural resources press review of Friday, January 31, 2014

" The Senate vote laws on national education and the environment," informs Potentiel . As regards the environment , the daily reports that conservation is currently governed by the Ordinance of 22 August 1969 whose implementation has been difficult not having planned measures execution. But the text adopted by the Senate introduced some major innovations including the definition of general measures for conservation of biological diversity and the use of its components , and the obligation on public authorities to define the mechanisms of awareness, information and public participation in the process of developing and implementing the national policy on conservation of biological diversity , etc. .

Measuring provisional prohibition of fishing on the rivers of the province of Katanga is not respected by Bukama fishermen , according to the department responsible for monitoring fishing in this part of the country . These fishermen often use prohibited nets also catch fry , says Radio Okapi.

The company Regal Resources Ltd announced on January 30 ready to start in the first week of February the drilling program Kalongwe project on high-grade copper and cobalt on the Copperbelt world class the Central Africa, reports Agence Ecofin . This is the first phase of this program with 11 diamond drill holes over a length of 1.8 km, which would be completed within eight weeks. The program aims to test the extension of the mineralization of copper and cobalt as well as the continuity of the mineralization in large spaces between two consecutive holes . It also aims to confirm a previous report of drilling on a 450m long and deep mineralization approximately 250m , which revealed levels of which 90.23 m @ 3.38% Cu with 0.93% Co, 77.60 m @ 4 14 % Cu with 0.57% Co and 70.00 m @ 2.22% Cu with 0.84% ​​Co. the samples will be sent to ALS Laboratories in Johannesburg which will make the results within four weeks after the end of the drilling program.

The Congolese News Agency (ACP ) reports that the government has recently signed a concession contract with the American company "Global" for the development of the Steel Maluku , said Thursday in Kinshasa , the Minister of Industry small and medium enterprises, Remy Musungayi , on the occasion of the double installation ceremony Stewards administration and exchange wishes for the year 2014. The Minister has not given any details of the contract , however, he suggested that fresh capital will be made for the recovery of activities of this plant. He reassured the steel workers that this contract is a buoy oxygen for survival and restarting activities . Musungayi Minister took the opportunity to take stock of the activities of the sector , before calling the task assigned to his department , to ensure that the promotion of agro- industry.

Tenke Fungurume Mining ( TFM) claims to have developed and implemented an action plan for the rehabilitation of evicted from their village in 2006 where he operates Fungurume minerals families , says Radio Okapi. The mining giant says you apply this plan 2007-2009 . The company is responding to the complaint of 113 families who call her housing allowances . They addressed their complaint on January 18 civil society Fungurume . As part of this relocation project , 270 households in the village were relocated Mulumbu supports TFM . The families and their committee representatives are directly involved in the development of the action plan reintegration , added the company. Tenke Fungurume Mining states that 45 other households were relocated to another village without saying which one. The company added that it continues to engage regularly with households through advisory committees established for each community affected by the relocation. And stressed that the meetings with these committees are held throughout the relocation process.