The article below published yesterday (25 Oct) states AVZ are still waiting on the operating permit.
Par Kiki Kienge « Le lithium de Manono doit être transformé en produits finis seulement dans le Tanganyika. », message des manifestants. Une coalition des associations des jeunes du Tanganyika, ont manifesté…
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Tanganyka/Kalemy: Young people on the street against the construction of the Manono lithium battery manufacturing plant in Haut-Katanga
October 25, 2022
Kiki Kienge
By Kiki Kienge
"The Manono lithium must be transformed into finished products only in Tanganyika," message from the demonstrators.
A coalition of youth associations from Tanganyika demonstrated on Monday, October 24 in Kalemie against the construction of the Manono lithium battery manufacturing plant outside Tanganyika province.
The demonstration left Kisebwe Square in Kalemie, after borrowing some arteries of the city, the demonstrators landed at the Tanganyika Provincial Assembly. The president of the provincial assembly.
The Honourable Kibombo Kakudji Vincent, accompanied by his office, received the young leaders of the youth associations of Tanganyika who gave the provincial authorities a memo in reference to their challenge, which read:
"This plot orchestrated by some of the leaders of the central government and the boss of Haut-Katanga province tends to conspire against our province, we will even say tending to conspire against our future and the future of our children. ”
Recall that the Congolese government had signed an agreement with Zambia for the creation of an industrial zone in Haut-Katanga, for the development and manufacture of Manono lithium batteries, another probably in Lualaba and Manono.
The Congolese authorities defend the choice of Lubumbashi and Kolwezi for the manufacture of Manono lithium-based batteries, advancing the composition of the batteries that are composed of several ores and metals found in Upper Katanga and Lualaba, including the electrical energy production infrastructures that Tanganyika does not currently have.
According to the authorities, it would take much more time to build all the infrastructure necessary for the manufacture of batteries in Tanganyika, when the exploitation of lithium by AVZ Minerals should begin in 2023 as soon as the operating permit is obtained, which for a reason that only God knows, is still stuck in the territories of the director of CAMI, Jean-Félix Mupande.