Mines: "control and transparency of metal supply chains are essential"
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Prime Minister Sama Lukonde insisted on the need to ensure the control and transparency of metal supply chains across the country.
A proposal raised during the opening of the first forum of the national framework for consultation of stakeholders in the mining sector in the DRC.
"Although this may be a reason for pride, the position of world leader in the production of these metals must imperatively challenge us in the need to strengthen control and transparency over the entire extent of the supply chains of the said resources in the means not only of the mining code and the mining regulations in force, but also by the observance and implementation of the duty of care imposed by the guide of the Organization of Trade and Economic Development, OECD ", has hammered the head of the Congolese government in his speech.
In front of more than one hundred and fifty (150) participants gathered at the red room of the Congo River Hotel in Kinshasa, the number one of the national executive recalled that, it is only by the rigor of cohesion, the result of the combination of efforts , that the DRC will succeed in achieving this objective, which is to clean up the extractive sector as a whole.
“The Government has unreservedly taken up the establishment of this national consultation framework. As long as it makes it possible to bring together the best contributions of everyone, with a view to achieving the transparency objectives assigned to this noble initiative,” he concluded.
For her part, the Minister of Mines, Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi raised the various challenges to be met in artisanal mining that the DRC expects.
It should be noted that this ceremony was attended by the Coordinator of the Presidential Council for Strategic Watch (CPVS), the main mining operators in the DRC, public and specialized services of the State, decentralized territorial entities (ETD), civil society organizations as well as technical and financial partners of the Government.
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*Wonder if Nigel / AVZ was there asking Questions, like - What about Manono Bro ?
Food for thought
Cheers
Frank