DRC natural resources press review of Monday, February 10, 2014

The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR ) certified , Friday, Feb. 7 , ores Kalindi territory in South Kivu . This is the first mining certificate of the sub- regional organization issued to mines in the province, announces Radio Okapi that indicates the certificate with the ICGLR , only mines the territory of Kalindi can now export their minerals. In August 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) in the U.S. State Department issued a rule requiring U.S. companies that use tungsten, tantalum, gold and tin to make their various products and ensure to make public the source of these minerals. This law should be applicable by 31 May 2014. Minerals produced in the provinces of North and South Kivu were affected by this measure, given that many mining sites were under the control of armed groups. Well before the issuance of the ICGLR , mining companies use the old certificate called the root certificate for the exploitation of minerals in eastern DRC. For the president of the civil society in South Kivu , Descartes Mponge , the ICGLR has not suspended the certificate of origin. He believes that the suspension of the old certificate presents a risk to the economic and security fields in South Kivu .
" French Giant hydro for water transport equipment, Interhydro foothold in Kinshasa " , informs the tri-weekly Africa News . According to the newspaper , two senior officials of the company have visited Kinshasa from 26 to 30 January 2014 and took language with the authorities of the country and some operators in the water sector , as well as several non-governmental organizations campaigning to promote the population access to drinking water. This flurry of activity carried out by officials of Interhydro is placed in the context of planning their next location in the DRC, the newspaper said .
Villagers Wenge and Bolongo Netherlands compete for the management of the crossing of the river that separates the two areas more than 250 km west of Kisangani, in the territory of Isangi (Eastern Province) , reports Radio Okapi. The people of Bolongo Netherlands have developed both banks of the river to manage only the crossing. Following the tensions which ensued , the Netherlands Bolongo attacked the village of Wenge with white and gun weapons. The violence lasted three days. Three people were seriously injured and several families took refuge in the forest to escape the violence. The chiefdom authorities and Balomboki Baluola is suspended across that stream to favor peace. The association of boatmen , meanwhile , regrets the shortfall occasioned by this prohibition.

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