....and I believe that is CHECKMATE....well played sir
AVZ Discussion 2022
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Gee i thought checkmate, is when you play CHESS...!....OMG
But i guess some will always be behind that BALL...imo
Best of luck with your CHESS GAME...WELL DONE...LMAO...
Spoke to the moron a few time while he was supposed to be working at AVZ, come away from those phone conversations dumber for it. Always hoped I would get someone with some intelligence when I rang AVZ but I always got dumbfuck.
Not good if you are willing to get it SO WRONG...imoYeah, well he’s supposed to be working for 3+ other companies, and all he’s doing is collecting 50 cents a post annoying the fuck out of everyone on the crapper for 3 years, having sided with MMGA.
He thinks he has an audience here but there’s really only a handful reading this thread. Everyone else is in the ZERO TROLLS conversation carrying on as normal. He’s tried to find it
No wonder NIGEL accepted his cough cough resignation letter
Maybe you need some VIP knowledge, to put you back on TRACK...!...
Yes AVZ pay well for LEONARD MATH even some BONUSES thrown in....!....
But since LEONARD MATH has RESIGNED, AVZ went in SUSPENSION then DELISTED....OMG....
Just shows PATTING other on the BUTT, can get you in trouble...imo...!Resignation....
Companies often advice to resign (if not we kick you out and make sure you are unemployable in the industry and the revolving door hits you in such way you cross the road without having to walk).
C'est la vie
Hope no one has been doing that to NIGEL...imo..
No he has ONLY 2 legs...imo
Schnitzelfresser
Regular
Lenny embarrasses himself in the finest possible way.
Who is LENNY ...LMAO
ANOTHER one needs to stick to the AVZ SCRIPT...IMO
We are not talking MEAT PIES, or are we...LMAO....
AVZ has not made a ANN, so NOTHING has HAPPENED ...imo...
...OMGMAYBE IF some haven't seen this...!!!
Maybe this brought along a LOT of FRICTION for the proect...imo
“AVZ has triggered this action.
We encourage AVZ to show greater cooperation with other Dathcom shareholders,” said Ms Chen Chen, Zijin Mining’s in-house legal counsel.
“It is regrettable that AVZ has caused the Manono project to stall.
Zijin will continue to work closely with relevant parties to progress the development of the Manono Project, to the benefit of local DRC communities.”
AVZ’s board ordered DLA Piper’s review on June 2 after being alarmed by Mr Ferguson’s authorisation of the “base” $US1 million cash payment and proposal to offer an additional $US5 million in cash and shares as a “success” fee to Mr Mihigo if he helped AVZ successfully obtain a mining licence.
By June 22, DLA Piper advised AVZ’s board to reject the plan to offer an additional $US5 million to Mr Mihigo, with a conclusion Mr Mihigo was acceptable as a consultant after ordering a specialist risk assessment. DLA Piper also recommended the $US1 million cash payment to Mr Mihigo is properly documented.
Maybe this brought along a LOT of FRICTION for the proect...imo
“AVZ has triggered this action.
We encourage AVZ to show greater cooperation with other Dathcom shareholders,” said Ms Chen Chen, Zijin Mining’s in-house legal counsel.
“It is regrettable that AVZ has caused the Manono project to stall.
Zijin will continue to work closely with relevant parties to progress the development of the Manono Project, to the benefit of local DRC communities.”
AVZ’s board ordered DLA Piper’s review on June 2 after being alarmed by Mr Ferguson’s authorisation of the “base” $US1 million cash payment and proposal to offer an additional $US5 million in cash and shares as a “success” fee to Mr Mihigo if he helped AVZ successfully obtain a mining licence.
By June 22, DLA Piper advised AVZ’s board to reject the plan to offer an additional $US5 million to Mr Mihigo, with a conclusion Mr Mihigo was acceptable as a consultant after ordering a specialist risk assessment. DLA Piper also recommended the $US1 million cash payment to Mr Mihigo is properly documented.
Dave Evans
Regular
Toilet, all you do is regurgitate the same things over and over. You can’t even put a full sentence together in your own words.
Everyone knows you sold your shares, you posted it on the crapper, and now you just want to whine and undermine all the shareholders who support AVZ.
You’re the biggest loser here, you know it and we know it and now all you do is cry out for attention like a toddler who’s been taken off his mummy’s breast.
If you like things that were reported years ago, you might like reading these reports on Zijin Mining’s violations in countries around the world
dialogue.earth
dialogo-americas.com
www.asiafinancial.com
www.mining.com
reri.org.rs
leaders.lu
www.cins.rs
econewsrdc.com
kongopress.com
www.amnesty.org
news.mongabay.com
dialogo-americas.com
raid-uk.org
www.mining.com
Mines
The years go by and look alike. The inhabitants of the Gécamines district, located a few meters from the city of Kolwezi, Lualaba province, no longer know which Saint to devote themselves to. They have been living in the impasse for five years now. The promise of relocation, made by the managers of the cuprifer company COMMUS as a rea sus of a common ground already found in 2019 between the protagonists, is struggling to take shape.
Impacted by the COMMUS project, a subsidiary of the Chinese giant Zijin Mining Group, local communities are still waiting for the fallout of the said compromise, including the remission of funds in exchange for departures for another city such as Patrick Ilunga, the company's lawyer, revealed in December 2023 at the microphone of The China Global South Project, an independent non-profit multimedia organization dedicated to exploring all aspects of China's commitment to Africa. "We are going to build Tshabula 2, although several occupants of Tshabula or all want to receive money as compensation," he observed. This is also what the Village Chief herself confirms: "Everyone will have their money and we will go build our new village". But until then, it seems that the saying that the promise only commits the one who believes in it, finds its meaning here.
Although the company had committed to compensating the victims of mining operations up to $25,000 to $100,000 depending on the value of the goods contained in the plot, nothing seems to be done so far, the communities interviewed by one of local media regret.
According to one of the inhabitants of the Gécamines Musonoie city, since COMMUS identified the victims impacted by its project, the mining company has not returned to the communities. In the meantime, residents continue to "pay the heavy toll" orchestrated by the company, in particular by COMMUS mining operations. Houses cracked by explosive devices, roofs washed away, air polluted and many other damages.
"Since 2019, we have been identified by the company COMMUS to be relocated. I don't know what the authorities are looking for. Our houses are in a very advanced state of dilapidation. It is a permanent danger because of COMMUS. We are really tired. This tree you see in front of my door is the witness of the event, "said one of the residents on condition of anonymity.
The Gecamines city was created around the 1940s. And it is for the housing of GECAMINES employees, a company in the portfolio of the Congolese State. The mine located there, with an annual production of 120,000 tons of copper and 3,000 tons of cobalt, is majority owned by the Chinese group Zijin Mining Group.
O. MUKINZI
mines.cd
Everyone knows you sold your shares, you posted it on the crapper, and now you just want to whine and undermine all the shareholders who support AVZ.
You’re the biggest loser here, you know it and we know it and now all you do is cry out for attention like a toddler who’s been taken off his mummy’s breast.
If you like things that were reported years ago, you might like reading these reports on Zijin Mining’s violations in countries around the world
Zijin’s poisoned legacy
A toxic spill last year blackened the name of Chinese metals giant Zijin Mining. But, in Fujian, its broken promises and environmental failures have a longer history, writes Yang Chuanmin, joint winner of the in-depth reporting category at the 2011 China Environmental Press Awards.dialogue.earth
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China's Zijin Mining Polluting Serbian Village, Says Group
China's Zijin Mining is polluting a village in southeastern Europe's Serbia without consent or transparency, an environmental group claims.www.asiafinancial.com
Serbia halts Zijin mine over environmental breaches
Government has ordered Zijin Mining Group to halt work at a shaft at the RTB Bor copper mine and to complete a wastewater treatment plant after it failed to comply with environmental standards.www.mining.com
In less than a year, the company Zijin was convicted four times for the same commercial offence, each time fined below the legal minimum - RERI
In less than a year, the company Zijin was convicted four times for violating the Law on Mining and Geological Research, for which it was ordered to pay a….reri.org.rs
Leaders - Au cœur de la bataille pour le contrôle du lithium de Manono par la Chine en République Démocratique du Congo :
Que veut en réalité l’entreprise chinoise Zijin chez la congolaise Cominière SA et chez Dathcom Miningleaders.lu
Zijin’s Negligence: How the Demolition of the Smelter Cost a Worker His Life - Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia
At the Smelter, where rules and reality are miles apart, a Zijin worker lost his life. CINS reveals Zijin's negligence that preceded the accident.www.cins.rs
Le Chinois ZIJIN MINING se moque de la politique minière de Félix Tshisekedi : COMMUS, une filiale de Zijin Mining, accusée de violations graves des droits humains à Kolwezi (Rapport) - L'info qui fait échos
Depuis quelques mois, le consortium « LA RDC ET SON PEUPLE D’ABORD », constitué des organisations non gouvernementales et médias membres de la coalition ‘’TOUS POUR LA <a class="mh-excerpt-more"...econewsrdc.com
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Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the DRC
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Mine in ‘world cobalt capital’ displaces locals and monks under questionable circumstances
This report was produced with the support of the Rainforest Investigations Network in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. LUBUMBASHI — In Kolwezi, the self-proclaimed cobalt capital of the world, 400 households and a monastery are preparing to leave. Recently in 2022, one area, known as the...news.mongabay.com
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Congolese mines minister suspended the copper and cobalt operation's licence while it investigated the issue.www.mining.com
Lualaba: Between hope and despair of the victims to relocate after the damage of the Zijin Mining Group project
Last updated: 10/17/2024 at 1:21 PMMines
The years go by and look alike. The inhabitants of the Gécamines district, located a few meters from the city of Kolwezi, Lualaba province, no longer know which Saint to devote themselves to. They have been living in the impasse for five years now. The promise of relocation, made by the managers of the cuprifer company COMMUS as a rea sus of a common ground already found in 2019 between the protagonists, is struggling to take shape.
Impacted by the COMMUS project, a subsidiary of the Chinese giant Zijin Mining Group, local communities are still waiting for the fallout of the said compromise, including the remission of funds in exchange for departures for another city such as Patrick Ilunga, the company's lawyer, revealed in December 2023 at the microphone of The China Global South Project, an independent non-profit multimedia organization dedicated to exploring all aspects of China's commitment to Africa. "We are going to build Tshabula 2, although several occupants of Tshabula or all want to receive money as compensation," he observed. This is also what the Village Chief herself confirms: "Everyone will have their money and we will go build our new village". But until then, it seems that the saying that the promise only commits the one who believes in it, finds its meaning here.
Although the company had committed to compensating the victims of mining operations up to $25,000 to $100,000 depending on the value of the goods contained in the plot, nothing seems to be done so far, the communities interviewed by one of local media regret.
According to one of the inhabitants of the Gécamines Musonoie city, since COMMUS identified the victims impacted by its project, the mining company has not returned to the communities. In the meantime, residents continue to "pay the heavy toll" orchestrated by the company, in particular by COMMUS mining operations. Houses cracked by explosive devices, roofs washed away, air polluted and many other damages.
"Since 2019, we have been identified by the company COMMUS to be relocated. I don't know what the authorities are looking for. Our houses are in a very advanced state of dilapidation. It is a permanent danger because of COMMUS. We are really tired. This tree you see in front of my door is the witness of the event, "said one of the residents on condition of anonymity.
The Gecamines city was created around the 1940s. And it is for the housing of GECAMINES employees, a company in the portfolio of the Congolese State. The mine located there, with an annual production of 120,000 tons of copper and 3,000 tons of cobalt, is majority owned by the Chinese group Zijin Mining Group.
O. MUKINZI
Lualaba: Entre espoir et désespoir des victimes à délocaliser après les dégâts du projet de Zijin Mining Group - MINES.CD - Premier média congolais du secteur minier
Les années passent et se ressemblent. Les habitants du quartier Gécamines, situé à quelques mètres de la ville de Kolwezi, province du Lualaba, ne savent plus à quel Saint se vouer. Cela fait cinq ans maintenant qu’ils vivent dans l’impasse. La promesse de la délocalisation, faite par les...
mines.cd
Dave Evans
Regular
Toilet, all you do is regurgitate the same things over and over. You can’t even put a full sentence together in your own words.
Everyone knows you sold your shares, you posted it on the crapper, and now you just want to whine and undermine all the shareholders who support AVZ.
You’re the biggest loser here, you know it and we know it and now all you do is cry out for attention like a toddler who’s been taken off his mummy’s breast.
If you like things that were reported years ago, you might like reading these reports on Zijin Mining’s violations in countries around the world
Zijin’s poisoned legacy
A toxic spill last year blackened the name of Chinese metals giant Zijin Mining. But, in Fujian, its broken promises and environmental failures have a longer history, writes Yang Chuanmin, joint winner of the in-depth reporting category at the 2011 China Environmental Press Awards.
dialogue.earth
China Violates Human Rights in Peru - Diálogo Américas
Peru fights for its economic, social, and cultural rights as it faces the disproportionate growth of Chinese companies. Peruvian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) expressed their concern about the growing economic influence and increasing participation of Chinese companies in Latin America...
dialogo-americas.com
China's Zijin Mining Polluting Serbian Village, Says Group
China's Zijin Mining is polluting a village in southeastern Europe's Serbia without consent or transparency, an environmental group claims.
www.asiafinancial.com
Serbia halts Zijin mine over environmental breaches
Government has ordered Zijin Mining Group to halt work at a shaft at the RTB Bor copper mine and to complete a wastewater treatment plant after it failed to comply with environmental standards.
www.mining.com
In less than a year, the company Zijin was convicted four times for the same commercial offence, each time fined below the legal minimum - RERI
In less than a year, the company Zijin was convicted four times for violating the Law on Mining and Geological Research, for which it was ordered to pay a….
reri.org.rs
Leaders - Au cœur de la bataille pour le contrôle du lithium de Manono par la Chine en République Démocratique du Congo :
Que veut en réalité l’entreprise chinoise Zijin chez la congolaise Cominière SA et chez Dathcom Mining
leaders.lu
Zijin’s Negligence: How the Demolition of the Smelter Cost a Worker His Life - Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia
At the Smelter, where rules and reality are miles apart, a Zijin worker lost his life. CINS reveals Zijin's negligence that preceded the accident.
www.cins.rs
Le Chinois ZIJIN MINING se moque de la politique minière de Félix Tshisekedi : COMMUS, une filiale de Zijin Mining, accusée de violations graves des droits humains à Kolwezi (Rapport) - L'info qui fait échos
Depuis quelques mois, le consortium « LA RDC ET SON PEUPLE D’ABORD », constitué des organisations non gouvernementales et médias membres de la coalition ‘’TOUS POUR LA <a class="mh-excerpt-more"...
econewsrdc.com
Stéphie Mukinzi était menacé de mort pour ses enquêtes sur les conditions de vie de la population au tour des mines des groupes Chinois, Ruashi Mining et ZIJIN - Kongo Presse
Par Kiki Kienge Stephie Mukinzi était le rédacteur en chef du média politico.cd et fondateur de Mines.cd, jeune étudiant de l’Université catholique du Congo (UCC) et l’Institut facultaire des sciences…
kongopress.com
Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the DRC
Expansion of mines has led to grievous human rights abuses.
www.amnesty.org
Mine in ‘world cobalt capital’ displaces locals and monks under questionable circumstances
This report was produced with the support of the Rainforest Investigations Network in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. LUBUMBASHI — In Kolwezi, the self-proclaimed cobalt capital of the world, 400 households and a monastery are preparing to leave. Recently in 2022, one area, known as the...
news.mongabay.com
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In a world where business activities are under constant global scrutiny, Zijin Mining, a Chinese state-owned company specializing in gold and lithium mining, stands out as a symbol of persistent concerns about its impact and operating practices in Latin America and beyond, Radio FM Bolivia reported.
dialogo-americas.com
New report exposes the environmental and human costs of DRC’s cobalt boom
New investigation by RAID and AFREWATCH into toxic environmental pollution from industrial cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reveals devastating human rights impacts.
raid-uk.org
Zijin’s Congo mine shipments returned due to radiation levels, ministry says
Congolese mines minister suspended the copper and cobalt operation's licence while it investigated the issue.
www.mining.com
Lualaba: Between hope and despair of the victims to relocate after the damage of the Zijin Mining Group project
Last updated: 10/17/2024 at 1:21 PM
Mines
The years go by and look alike. The inhabitants of the Gécamines district, located a few meters from the city of Kolwezi, Lualaba province, no longer know which Saint to devote themselves to. They have been living in the impasse for five years now. The promise of relocation, made by the managers of the cuprifer company COMMUS as a rea sus of a common ground already found in 2019 between the protagonists, is struggling to take shape.
Impacted by the COMMUS project, a subsidiary of the Chinese giant Zijin Mining Group, local communities are still waiting for the fallout of the said compromise, including the remission of funds in exchange for departures for another city such as Patrick Ilunga, the company's lawyer, revealed in December 2023 at the microphone of The China Global South Project, an independent non-profit multimedia organization dedicated to exploring all aspects of China's commitment to Africa. "We are going to build Tshabula 2, although several occupants of Tshabula or all want to receive money as compensation," he observed. This is also what the Village Chief herself confirms: "Everyone will have their money and we will go build our new village". But until then, it seems that the saying that the promise only commits the one who believes in it, finds its meaning here.
Although the company had committed to compensating the victims of mining operations up to $25,000 to $100,000 depending on the value of the goods contained in the plot, nothing seems to be done so far, the communities interviewed by one of local media regret.
According to one of the inhabitants of the Gécamines Musonoie city, since COMMUS identified the victims impacted by its project, the mining company has not returned to the communities. In the meantime, residents continue to "pay the heavy toll" orchestrated by the company, in particular by COMMUS mining operations. Houses cracked by explosive devices, roofs washed away, air polluted and many other damages.
"Since 2019, we have been identified by the company COMMUS to be relocated. I don't know what the authorities are looking for. Our houses are in a very advanced state of dilapidation. It is a permanent danger because of COMMUS. We are really tired. This tree you see in front of my door is the witness of the event, "said one of the residents on condition of anonymity.
The Gecamines city was created around the 1940s. And it is for the housing of GECAMINES employees, a company in the portfolio of the Congolese State. The mine located there, with an annual production of 120,000 tons of copper and 3,000 tons of cobalt, is majority owned by the Chinese group Zijin Mining Group.
O. MUKINZI
Lualaba: Entre espoir et désespoir des victimes à délocaliser après les dégâts du projet de Zijin Mining Group - MINES.CD - Premier média congolais du secteur minier
Les années passent et se ressemblent. Les habitants du quartier Gécamines, situé à quelques mètres de la ville de Kolwezi, province du Lualaba, ne savent plus à quel Saint se vouer. Cela fait cinq ans maintenant qu’ils vivent dans l’impasse. La promesse de la délocalisation, faite par les...
mines.cd
Or maybe read the IGF REPORT on Zijin and Cominiere’s corruption
Or listen to the recording of Zijin and Cominiere that the IGF is referring to
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Don’t punish his peabrain too much, or he crashes from memory overflowToilet, all you do is regurgitate the same things over and over. You can’t even put a full sentence together in your own words.
Everyone knows you sold your shares, you posted it on the crapper, and now you just want to whine and undermine all the shareholders who support AVZ.
You’re the biggest loser here, you know it and we know it and now all you do is cry out for attention like a toddler who’s been taken off his mummy’s breast.
If you like things that were reported years ago, you might like reading these reports on Zijin Mining’s violations in countries around the world
Zijin’s poisoned legacy
A toxic spill last year blackened the name of Chinese metals giant Zijin Mining. But, in Fujian, its broken promises and environmental failures have a longer history, writes Yang Chuanmin, joint winner of the in-depth reporting category at the 2011 China Environmental Press Awards.
dialogue.earth
China Violates Human Rights in Peru - Diálogo Américas
Peru fights for its economic, social, and cultural rights as it faces the disproportionate growth of Chinese companies. Peruvian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) expressed their concern about the growing economic influence and increasing participation of Chinese companies in Latin America...
dialogo-americas.com
China's Zijin Mining Polluting Serbian Village, Says Group
China's Zijin Mining is polluting a village in southeastern Europe's Serbia without consent or transparency, an environmental group claims.
www.asiafinancial.com
Serbia halts Zijin mine over environmental breaches
Government has ordered Zijin Mining Group to halt work at a shaft at the RTB Bor copper mine and to complete a wastewater treatment plant after it failed to comply with environmental standards.
www.mining.com
In less than a year, the company Zijin was convicted four times for the same commercial offence, each time fined below the legal minimum - RERI
In less than a year, the company Zijin was convicted four times for violating the Law on Mining and Geological Research, for which it was ordered to pay a….
reri.org.rs
Leaders - Au cœur de la bataille pour le contrôle du lithium de Manono par la Chine en République Démocratique du Congo :
Que veut en réalité l’entreprise chinoise Zijin chez la congolaise Cominière SA et chez Dathcom Mining
leaders.lu
Zijin’s Negligence: How the Demolition of the Smelter Cost a Worker His Life - Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia
At the Smelter, where rules and reality are miles apart, a Zijin worker lost his life. CINS reveals Zijin's negligence that preceded the accident.
www.cins.rs
Le Chinois ZIJIN MINING se moque de la politique minière de Félix Tshisekedi : COMMUS, une filiale de Zijin Mining, accusée de violations graves des droits humains à Kolwezi (Rapport) - L'info qui fait échos
Depuis quelques mois, le consortium « LA RDC ET SON PEUPLE D’ABORD », constitué des organisations non gouvernementales et médias membres de la coalition ‘’TOUS POUR LA <a class="mh-excerpt-more"...
econewsrdc.com
Stéphie Mukinzi était menacé de mort pour ses enquêtes sur les conditions de vie de la population au tour des mines des groupes Chinois, Ruashi Mining et ZIJIN - Kongo Presse
Par Kiki Kienge Stephie Mukinzi était le rédacteur en chef du média politico.cd et fondateur de Mines.cd, jeune étudiant de l’Université catholique du Congo (UCC) et l’Institut facultaire des sciences…
kongopress.com
Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the DRC
Expansion of mines has led to grievous human rights abuses.
www.amnesty.org
Mine in ‘world cobalt capital’ displaces locals and monks under questionable circumstances
This report was produced with the support of the Rainforest Investigations Network in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. LUBUMBASHI — In Kolwezi, the self-proclaimed cobalt capital of the world, 400 households and a monastery are preparing to leave. Recently in 2022, one area, known as the...
news.mongabay.com
Chinese State-owned Zijin Mining Under International Scrutiny
In a world where business activities are under constant global scrutiny, Zijin Mining, a Chinese state-owned company specializing in gold and lithium mining, stands out as a symbol of persistent concerns about its impact and operating practices in Latin America and beyond, Radio FM Bolivia reported.
dialogo-americas.com
New report exposes the environmental and human costs of DRC’s cobalt boom
New investigation by RAID and AFREWATCH into toxic environmental pollution from industrial cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reveals devastating human rights impacts.
raid-uk.org
Zijin’s Congo mine shipments returned due to radiation levels, ministry says
Congolese mines minister suspended the copper and cobalt operation's licence while it investigated the issue.
www.mining.com
Lualaba: Between hope and despair of the victims to relocate after the damage of the Zijin Mining Group project
Last updated: 10/17/2024 at 1:21 PM
Mines
The years go by and look alike. The inhabitants of the Gécamines district, located a few meters from the city of Kolwezi, Lualaba province, no longer know which Saint to devote themselves to. They have been living in the impasse for five years now. The promise of relocation, made by the managers of the cuprifer company COMMUS as a rea sus of a common ground already found in 2019 between the protagonists, is struggling to take shape.
Impacted by the COMMUS project, a subsidiary of the Chinese giant Zijin Mining Group, local communities are still waiting for the fallout of the said compromise, including the remission of funds in exchange for departures for another city such as Patrick Ilunga, the company's lawyer, revealed in December 2023 at the microphone of The China Global South Project, an independent non-profit multimedia organization dedicated to exploring all aspects of China's commitment to Africa. "We are going to build Tshabula 2, although several occupants of Tshabula or all want to receive money as compensation," he observed. This is also what the Village Chief herself confirms: "Everyone will have their money and we will go build our new village". But until then, it seems that the saying that the promise only commits the one who believes in it, finds its meaning here.
Although the company had committed to compensating the victims of mining operations up to $25,000 to $100,000 depending on the value of the goods contained in the plot, nothing seems to be done so far, the communities interviewed by one of local media regret.
According to one of the inhabitants of the Gécamines Musonoie city, since COMMUS identified the victims impacted by its project, the mining company has not returned to the communities. In the meantime, residents continue to "pay the heavy toll" orchestrated by the company, in particular by COMMUS mining operations. Houses cracked by explosive devices, roofs washed away, air polluted and many other damages.
"Since 2019, we have been identified by the company COMMUS to be relocated. I don't know what the authorities are looking for. Our houses are in a very advanced state of dilapidation. It is a permanent danger because of COMMUS. We are really tired. This tree you see in front of my door is the witness of the event, "said one of the residents on condition of anonymity.
The Gecamines city was created around the 1940s. And it is for the housing of GECAMINES employees, a company in the portfolio of the Congolese State. The mine located there, with an annual production of 120,000 tons of copper and 3,000 tons of cobalt, is majority owned by the Chinese group Zijin Mining Group.
O. MUKINZI
Lualaba: Entre espoir et désespoir des victimes à délocaliser après les dégâts du projet de Zijin Mining Group - MINES.CD - Premier média congolais du secteur minier
Les années passent et se ressemblent. Les habitants du quartier Gécamines, situé à quelques mètres de la ville de Kolwezi, province du Lualaba, ne savent plus à quel Saint se vouer. Cela fait cinq ans maintenant qu’ils vivent dans l’impasse. La promesse de la délocalisation, faite par les...
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