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DRC
Gécamines cobalt exports to benefit from mining code moratorium

Despite promises to the contrary, the cobalt trading subsidiary currently being set up by state-owned Gécamines will benefit from the moratorium, enabling it to get round the provisions of the mining code and export unprocessed cobalt directly from the DRC. [...]

Published on 02.09.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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DRC
Alliance des Forces Democratiques du Congo
Clément Kuete Nymi Bemuna
Entreprise générale du cobalt
Front commun pour le Congo
Gecamines
Jean-Dominique Takis Kumbo
Joseph Kabila
Richard Muyej
Sama Lukonde Kyenge
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Tony Blair Institute helps PM Lukonde sharpen his economic strategy

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DRC
Gécamines minor reshuffle means major loss of influence for boss Albert Yuma

Gécamines secretary-general Déogratias Ngele Masudi is close to Albert Yuma, the chairman of the Congolese state firm and a friend of the former head of state. But he has been ousted.

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Eric Buisson, France's new conflict minerals due diligence compliance officer

France's Ministry for Ecological Transition has set up a unit to monitor compliance with the new EU conflict minerals regulation that will come into effect on 1 January 2021.

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Trafigura slow and steady on path to marketing Gécamines' cobalt production

Trading company Trafigura has just signed a contract with state-run subsidiary Gécamines to market cobalt. It intends to begin trading in the next three months but only on a select few sites to ensure traceability.

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Trafigura has entered into an agreement with the Entreprise Générale de Cobalt (EGC) in the DRC.

DRC
Chamber of Mines plays hide and seek with civil society on VAT talks

A meeting on the controversial subject of VAT payments by mining companies in the DRC had been due to take place in the offices of the Chamber of Mines. When NGOs, and civil society bodies made it clear they wanted to take part, however, another venue was found and the meeting took place out of the public eye.

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DRC
New Gécamines boss pledges to pay salary arrears to steady ship

Faced with inquiries into the company's governance, production at a virtual standstill and finances in the doldrums, Sama Lukonde has taken over the helm of a Gécamines teetering on the brink. In a bid to shore up the Congolese state-owned mining company, he has promised to pay salary arrears with immediate effect.

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The new CEO of Gécamines Sama Lukonde Kyenge.

DRC
Albert Yuma's vision of Gécamines, the cobalt trader

On December 17, Gécamines chairman Albert Yuma Mulimbi announced that the national firm would be creating a new Entreprise Générale [...]

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DRC
Why IMF won't sign on dotted line with Tshisekedi

His neighbour Sassou N'Guesso recently secured $450 million, but the Congolese president is still failing to meet the conditions set by the IMF for a resumption of loans to the country.

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President Felix Tshisekedi's mining in-crowd

While he continues to wrestle with his predecessor Joseph Kabila over the composition of his cabinet, Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi has surrounded himself with a team of mining advisors. Either already working for the president or on a more informal [.

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