The Democratic Republic of Congo is to set up a commission to collect all revenue generated by mining and help in stopping fraud in the mining Sector.
This was announced Thursday, January 31 by DRC Minister of Mines, Martin Kabwelulu who said that the fraud is the basis of the difference between the increase in mining output and low revenue generated by the State in this area.
The Minister of Mines has announced its intention to create this committee during the conference on good governance and transparency in the mining sector.
The conference brought together more than eight hundred people in Lubumbashi, Katanga.
The minister said that in ten years, copper production increased from 5 000 to 600 000 tonnes, that of gold from 0 kg to 3 tons, cobalt 5000 to 80 000 tonnes, but the State revenues do not increase.
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