Renegotiation of DRC Mining Contracts Must be Fair
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Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to ensure that contracts are negotiated mining “open and fair”, if it really wants to resume maroden transparency in the mining sector. After a long delay, the Democratic Republic of Congo has released the results of an audit of the order of 60 mining contracts between the state and mining companies, foreign companies of last week. The revision of the goal was to determine whether tenders are legal and those who, as a new seems unfair vis-à-vis the Democratic Republic of Congo. The NGO called on the authorities of this country, the criteria outlined during the renegotiation. They found that the lack of proper process could lead to foreign firms on international litigation. Mining Weekly, quoted by the NGO Group on these words: “If the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is a welcome intended to put a stable and regular mining environment, there must be a level playing field. The government must ensure that new mining contracts (Including recently concluded with Chinese companies), with Congolese law and are subject to the same financial controls and legal contracts to 60, is under review. ” The Commission appointed by President Joseph Kabila has recommended that the contracts between the state and businesses in the mining sector, BHP Billiton, as well as De Beers are renegotiated. |