DRC natural resources press review of Friday, August 9, 2013

The Forum des AS newspaper reports of yesterday's session of the 4th symposium on Congolese mining sector, which is held in the conference room of the International Fair of Kinshasa (FIKIN). According to the newspaper, ANAPI calls for the funding of treatment units extractive products. the paper notes that during a conference debate "Deputy Director General of the National Agency for Investment Promotion (ANAPI) Mwema mulungu Mbuyu said that this sector is an important source of financing of the budget Congolese state. According to modern manufacturing techniques, the industry experienced a crisis during the sale of mining products, the absence of appropriate regulation and managerial difficulties. These problems are evidenced by the lack of human resources as well as internal funds and external funding available. "For DGA ANAPI with the promulgation of the new Mining Code in 2002, the Congolese mining industry was with a document regulation of the sector. However, this advanced, although significant, was not sufficient for the implementation of the processing operations or processing of mining products. To better understand this issue, Mwema mulungu Mbuyu gave some statistics on the subject. To the geological scandal been the DRC, the country has almost no processing entities or processing of mineral products he said. According to him, all entities processing or processing in the country are foreign owned.

The same media reports that there is evil in the diesel service stations DRC and writes: "reddish color, diesel damage the filter A thousandth kilometer." CFAO Motors "on the road Trucks, of motorists complaints are registered by the hundreds. many vehicle owners diesel engine does not understand that this part is often replaced within 10,000 km, as explained by experts. " Where does this oil? So that's the fundamental question. Bewildered, some victims accuse the service storage of petroleum products in the DR Congo (SEP-CONGO). "We say that the authors of this accusation that brandish Sep-Congo monopoly distribution of petroleum products across the country." However, side-September Congo is not guilty. This service rather throw the ball in the court of producing countries. From this point of view, Sep-Congo reason. Whether from the simple demonstration that its role is limited to the transportation and distribution, the deduction is just as logical. Would lead to the verdict that "September Congo" has nothing to do with the marketing of the diesel-like gas, if not the smell that can differentiate the two products marketed concurrently. Unless it is established that diesel is altered as a result of poor storage and transport.

 Soft international newspaper reports that the Jesuits of Africa are invited in the debate on the governance of natural resources. According to the newspaper, "ward off the curse of natural resources, this could be the major theme of a meeting in Lubumbashi African Jesuits around the issue of governance of natural resources. Most African countries, although rich in natural resources are ranked among the poorest in the world. Faced with this situation, the African Network of Jesuit social centers (JASCNET) has seen fit to bring together delegates from African Jesuit social centers and their partners, including civil society represented by Katanga Observatory Natural Resources (ORN) ... This meeting was intended to help the different delegates from African social centers and their partners on the one hand, to better understand the issues of governance of natural resources today ' Today in Africa and, secondly, to make restitution of such education at the grassroots level throughout the continent. "The same media reports that the sectors of civil society appreciate the support of Paris traceability of minerals from the East. The newspaper noted that on Twitter, Pascal Canfin, the French Minister of Development, said his support for the DRC, which has set up a mineral traceability finance the sale of war and violence. For Behalal Zobel, CCFD, this is a good signal to our country. However, we must go further, he says. Explanations. The certification process minerals established by the DRC to ensure the traceability of minerals for export is a device that is expected to know whether or not these minerals come from conflict zones in the DRC. But as we know, this mechanism does not change the situation if it is not accompanied by a comprehensive approach to the fight against corruption and foster the emergence of a genuine rule of law in the DRC, said do you CCFD. We need a global agreement that takes into account the responsibility of foreign economic actors in maintaining the link between the exploitation of minerals and the continuing conflict.