Governance - Copperbelt Katanga Mining

Interventions in mining and other key sectors to prop Zambia’s GDP

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 admin

Zambia government has revealed that by 2024, the country’s GDP is expected to rise to 4.4 per cent following strategic interventions in the agriculture, tourism, mining, manufacturing, energy, and transport sectors. The government has also projected a modest 3.5 per cent rise in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2022, a small rise from the 3.3 expected to have been attained last year. This is contained in the 2022-2024 Medium Term Budget Plan released by the Ministry of Finance. It said the economic outlook for 2022 and the medium term… Read More Here

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Zambia’s President Hands over the Black Mountain to Coorperative, Women in Mining and the Host Community.

February 13, 2022February 14, 2022 arnbethnic

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has handed over the famous black mountain, a mineral rich slag dumb of mining waste from the previous ZCCM mining days situated in Nkana, Kitwe on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. In his statement, President Hichilema said the site has been given to three groups who have been given licenses to operate and these includes a Consortium of cooperatives representing all the 10 districts of the Copperbelt province, Women in Mining and the Community that hosts the black mountain. Below is the President’s statement on the… Read More Here

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Mining exploitation licences in Kasai at the center of discussion between the Deputy Minister of Mines and the National Deputy

February 13, 2022February 13, 2022 arnbethnic

The Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard Motemona received, on Wednesday January 26, 2022 in his office, the national deputy Guy Mafuta Kabongo, the elected representative of Tshikapa and agent in mines and quarries. The latter came to express his concern about the freezing of mining rights by certain holders of said rights, this situation creates permanent conflicts with the local populations, prevented from engaging in agricultural and mining activities. In the meantime, other holders of mining rights impose contracts on farmers obliging them to share their own agricultural production unfairly.… Read More Here

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East African Community approves DRC’s application for membership

February 12, 2022February 12, 2022 arnbethnic

The Council of Ministers of the East African Community (EAC) has approved the admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo to this regional bloc. The announcement was in a press release consulted on Saturday February 12 on the community’s website. According to this press release, this approval was made on Tuesday, February 8, following negotiations held between the EAC and the DRC from January 15 to 24 in Nairobi, Kenya. The EAC negotiating team was led by Dr Alice Yalla, Secretary for Integration at the Ministry of EAC and Regional Development… Read More Here

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Faced with “obscured” Chinese mining contracts, an American official offers another “model” to the DRC

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 arnbethnic

Faced with China and “opaque” mining contracts that do not or very little benefit the population, a senior American official said on Saturday in Kinshasa that the United States was offering the Democratic Republic of Congo another “model of development “. “For too long the great wealth of the DRC has not translated into a better quality of life for the Congolese,” Daleep Singh, US deputy national security adviser, told reporters on a visit to the DRC capital where he met President Félix Tshisekedi on Friday. According to him, “generations… Read More Here

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A new partnership framework between the World Bank and the Democratic Republic of Congo

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 arnbethnic

Jean-Christophe Carret, Director of World Bank Operations for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Burundi and Sao Tome & Principe was received this Friday, February 05, 2022 by the President of the Senate Modeste Bahati Lukwebo. On the menu of exchanges between the two personalities, is the new partnership framework between the World Bank and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The representative of the World Bank said that the new partnership framework between this international financial institution and the DRC will soon be presented in Washington. According to the representative of… Read More Here

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The DRC announces the possibility of Public-Private Partnership to complete Construction Works on Kasumbalesa Dry Port

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 arnbethnic

The Minister of Transport, Ways of Communication and Accessibility, Chérubin Okende, presented the Report on the progress of the work of the Kasumbalesa Dry Port, to the Council of Ministers on Friday, February 4, following the recommendation of the Head of State Felix Tshisekedi. At this stage, he said, the environmental, geotechnical, financial and economic studies have already been done. Chérubin Okende evokes the possibility of opening a public-private partnership to help OGEFREM, which does not have enough means, to complete the work of the dry port of Kasambulasa. “In… Read More Here

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DRC President Félix Tshisekedi notes real difficulties in the application of the law on subcontracting

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 arnbethnic

In his communication during the 38th meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday January 28, 2022, the President of the Republic Félix Tshisekedi noted real difficulties in the application of the law governing the field of subcontracting, particularly in the mining sector. specifically concerning its business tax regime. Added to this list is the development of illegal mechanisms for circumventing the law to the detriment of the local workforce. “Drawing the consequences of the low impact of the effects of the law on subcontracting in the private sector… Read More Here

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The DRC and the USA, strengthening partnerships in the mining sector and the fight against child labor

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 arnbethnic

The Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard motemona exchanged, Friday, January 28, 2022 at the residence of the American diplomat in the DRC Mike Hammer, with a delegation of American officials led by the Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States of America, Daleep Singh. The United States of America promises to continue to support the Democratic Republic of the Congo in securing mine sites and combating child labor in mines. Indeed, the head of the American delegation, first of all, expressed to the Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard motemona… Read More Here

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Zambian Government Fast-tracks the GED Africa Route

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 admin

Just a month after the successful completion of GED Zambia’s early works civil construction, the Government of the Republic of Zambia continues to play a key role in maintaining the project’s momentum as they hosted GED Africa for a three-day working session (January 19-21, 2022).Delegates included representatives from various Ministries and Government Agencies, including the Zambia Road Development Agency (RDA), came together in the spirit of ensuring the success of this public-private partnership project.Discussions were chaired by Mr. Mumba Chanda, Director, Local Government Finance and Projects from the Ministry of… Read More Here