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The DRC president Felix Tshisekedi has removed Albert Yuma Mulimbi as chairman of the state mining firm Gecamines. The now former chairman of Gecamines was ousted on Friday after longtime allegations that billions of dollars in revenue had gone missing, a move officials said was intended to fight corruption as the country becomes increasingly important in the global clean energy revolution. Albert Yuma Mulimbi, the chairman of the company since 2010, was replaced by President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo just days after The New York Times published an article revealing… Read More Here

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DRC president demands audit of mining registry to fight fraud

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 arnbethnic

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has demanded a ban on issuing and trading mining permits until the country’s mining registry has been audited, a measure aimed at combating fraud within the sector. Tshisekedi told ministers he wanted to end the squandering of mining assets by unnamed political actors and officials involved in the administration of the mining register, which records mining concessions, according to minutes of the meeting seen by Reuters. “This recommended clean-up will increase the contribution of the mining sector to the state’s budget and help,… Read More Here

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DRC to end Glencore export of raw cobalt

November 13, 2021November 15, 2021 admin

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has told Swiss delegates at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow that her country will no longer accept the export of its raw materials, notably cobalt, by commodities giant Glencore. “The raw materials belong to us,” said Eve Bazaiba, who is also the DRC’s environment minister, in an interview with news platform Geneva. “They will now have to be processed locally.” Bazaiba said the DRC wanted a more equal trade partnership in raw materials with Switzerland. She transmitted this message… Read More Here

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MP Jean-Marie Bulambo warns against non-compliance with the governor’s measures suspending mining in Mwenga, DRC

October 31, 2021October 31, 2021 arnbethnic

National deputy Jean-Marie Bulambo Kilosho describes the failure to respect Governor Théo Ngwabidje Kasi’s measure banning mining in Mwenga. In an address to the press, he notes that, despite this decree, activities have resumed normally and with consequences for the activities of the peasants. “You pretended to stop to say good we are stopping these operations. These people are still exploiting with the same custodians. We are keeping an eye on you, ”said MP Bulambo Kilosho, addressing the governor. Unfounded allegations according to the provincial government of South Kivu. In an address to the… Read More Here

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“Congo not for sale” CNPAV says no to violations of Congolese mining legislation and human rights

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 arnbethnic

In an open letter published this Saturday, October 23, The Congo is not for sale campaign, “CNPAV” expresses its deep concern at the human rights violations committed in the context of the execution of the Kibali mining project and calls for the opening of an independent investigation into the forced displacement of the population from the Mege locality to Durba and the establishment of responsibilities in the clashes caused by this forced eviction between the Congolese National Police and the local population of Watsa / Durba in the province of… Read More Here

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Tshisekedi re-echoes the urgency of setting up a joint Sino-Congolese commission for the execution of contracts on a win-win basis

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 arnbethnic

The question of the execution of the Sino-Congolese contract was once again raised during the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday, October 15. The Head of State, Félix Tshisekedi, reminded the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula, the urgency, according to him, to set up a joint Sino-Congolese commission which will look at the whole subjects of common interest. For Mr. Tshisekedi, this will allow “the execution of contracts to be done in a mutual win-win basis”. In addition, in view of the report made… Read More Here

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Illegal Mining to Stop – Zambian New Minister Of Mines

October 17, 2021October 17, 2021 arnbethnic

GOVERNMENT will deploy police officers in all mining areas to enhance monitoring and accountability of minerals being mined in Zambia, Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Paul Kabuswe has said. Mr Kabuswe said the illegal mining which was previously the order of the day would not be tolerated under the new dawn Government. He said it was the UPND administration’s desire to ensure that sanity was restored in the mining sector in Zambia by ensuring that the wanton illegal mining and destruction of the environment in other base metals, industrial… Read More Here

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Congo reviews $6.2bn China mining deal as criticism grows

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 admin

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) began reviewing a $6.2-billion minerals-for-infrastructure deal with China that’s faced growing criticism since President Felix Tshisekedi came to power almost three years ago. Congo’s council of ministers agreed to create a commission to investigate “major legal, technical and financial problems observed in the collaboration agreement” between the two countries, according to minutes from the meeting published on the website of the prime minister’s office. The council asked the commission to present its findings in two weeks. The contract, signed in 2008 and renegotiated several times since,… Read More Here

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Tshisekedi calls for severe and exemplary sanctions against companies that illegally exploit DRC’s minerals

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 admin

In his speech delivered on Tuesday, September 21 from the United Nations podium for the 76th General Assembly, the Head of State Félix Tshisekedi called for sanctions against all mafia networks operating in the DRC, and all multinational companies who illegally exploit minerals there. “(…) Severe and exemplary sanctions be taken against all mafia networks, whether in transit countries, or of destination or against the multinationals which illegally exploit the minerals of my country and in return feed the armed groups with arms and ammunition, thus perpetuating the conflict in… Read More Here

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Félix Tshisekedi orders an investigation “within a reasonable time” into mining fraud scandals-DRC

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 admin

The President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi, deplored, during the Council of Ministers of Friday, September 17, the various scandals of illegal exploitation of mineral resources. According to the report of this Council of Ministers, several economic operators (companies or individuals) holding research permits operate instead of actual research. For the Head of State, there is “an imperative need to assess this situation with the Mining Cadastre and to initiate an investigation within a reasonable time”. In the same section, the President of the Republic instructed the Minister of Mines… Read More Here