DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, February 5, 2014

" Looting the wealth of the DRC : the revelations multiply ," the Phare which emphasizes that " One after two revelations shock : one concerns the acquisition cheaply a very important oil block located in the area of common interest between the DRC and Angola, off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. the beneficiary bears a famous name for stirring many cases in the mining sector in Katanga. He just made a big splash in the oil field. According to the World, Dan Getler , an Israeli issue that has good friendly relations with major political notables in power in the DRC would have typed a paltry $ 500,000 Us block 14 that would later sold the stock market to more than 150 million dollars of Us one tells that this sale has cost the DRC and that each year the tidy sum of one billion dollars of Us the other revelation that fell there a week ago in the writings of our Belgian colleague " Marianne " indicates that Moses Katumbi , current governor of Katanga, would head a discrete Panamanian company founded in late 2006, in which he would have placed the sum of 60 million U.S. dollars . a money raised in just 18 months thanks to a mining deal at least suspect. through its entries within closed circles manager Gécamines Moses Katumbi have obtained for a mouthful of bread exploitation rights for a period of 25 years, three major mineral deposits of copper and cobalt located in communities Kinsevere Tshifufia Nambulwa and north-east of Lubumbashi. according to these sources , this mouthful of bread would have earned 60 times his bet , ie the sum of 61.5 million Us dollars in a year and a half. has also been reported that only the mining project Kinsevere was valued at 435 million Euros. according to our Sister Marianne , thanks to this mounting the governor of Katanga have mounted an offshore company called GKMC domiciled in Panama , one of the tax havens of the Planet " . The newspaper These revelations have common point of purchase , at a low price of oil deposits or mining through relationships with managers Gécamines or political support at the top of the state. Other strategies include grab by unsavory methods of mining and oil sites in particular least introduced to sell at exorbitant prices to some very powerful buyers. The daily calls for transparency in business.

" The course of the main raw materials of the DRC have evolved in 2013 ," announces Forum des As which brings a synthesis of the meeting of the Strategic Troika led by Prime Minister Matata Ponyo yesterday Tuesday, February 4, 2014 . According to the newspaper , "On 31 January 2013 , prices of main raw materials exported by the DRC have diverged . Copper has lost 1.79 % of its value compared to the previous week, and has sold Usd 7,154.00 per tonne. cobalt , meanwhile , has increased by 2.06% from its course , to $ 30,605.40 usd per tonne. regarding petroleum products , it was an increase of oil prices in the two markets : 107.83 ( 0.07 %) in London and 97.45 (+1.1 %) on the New York market . "

Prosperité issues a statement of Tenke Fungurume Mining SARL results for the fourth quarter 2013. It says : " Tenke Fungurume Mining ( TFM) is pleased to announce that during the fourth quarter of 2013 , it produced approximately 50,645 tonnes of copper cathode and 4,247 tonnes of cobalt metal as hydroxide cobalt. for fiscal 2013, TFM produced approximately 209,774 tonnes of copper cathode and 12,751 tonnes of cobalt metal in the form of cobalt hydroxide . fourth quarter 2013, the company paid a net amount of about 63 million USD in respect of taxes and related payments to the Treasury and other public administrative services of the DRC. for fiscal 2013, these payments totaled 173 million USD . All payments are in accordance with the laws of the DRC. Since the project started in 2006 , these payments amounted to a total of approximately 890 million USD . "

Another folder , Radio Okapi reports that the fish become rare week markets Bukama , over 160 km south of Kamina , Katanga . According to local sources , this is a consequence of the closure of the fishery in the lakes and rivers of this province. The provincial government took the decision last December to support fish reproduction . Civil society is concerned about the impact of this closure on the population of this waterfront city, living in majority of fishing. Since the closure of fishing Bukama , 15 fishermen were arrested for violating this decision. According to the head of the association of sinners Bukama Dieudonné Mbayo , they face enormous difficulties in ensuring their survival since the closure of the fishery.