GoogleTranslate "Review of mining contracts, manufacture of electric batteries: US Under-Secretary of State José Fernandez at Antoinette N’samba"
Surely its got to mean they're talking about a fairer deal for the DRC, if DRC works with USA-Team rather than Chyna.
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Mines: the manufacture of electric batteries at the center of discussions between Antoinette N'Samba and José Fernandez
The Minister of Mines, Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi, met on Thursday, August 11, with José Fernandez, US Under-Secretary of State for the Economy and the Environment.
On the menu of their discussions were security issues in the mining sector as well as the contract signed between the DRC and Zambia in the manufacture of electric batteries.
On this subject, José Fernandez indicated that the USA is very interested in the project of manufacturing electric batteries and wants, nevertheless, to make sure that the people hit by sanctions do not take part in this project.
For her part, Antoinette N'Samba indicated that the project to manufacture electric batteries is carried out by the Ministry of Industry, specifying that the Ministry of Mines only intervenes in the project on questions of strategic minerals which enter into the manufacture of these batteries, like cobalt and lithium.
Regarding the issue of mining contracts, the Minister of Mines revealed that more than 380 irregular mining titles have been dissolved and that, consequently, 300 permits have returned to the domain of the State.
In addition, Antoinette N'Samba requested the support of the United States of America in the training of mining inspectors, the policy of negotiation of mining contracts and the protection of the mining environment, the fight against smuggling and fraud. mining companies, as provided for in the memorandum of understanding signed last March in the USA.
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