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Semaine 43 – du 25 au 31 octobre 2010
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Mali trims 2010 gold production outlook to 50 T---------------------------------------------------------------- 2
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Vale Says India Likely to Play Bigger Role in Iron Ore Market `Tightness' --------------------------- 2
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Rio's Zim unit forecasts rise in 2010 diamond output --------------------------------------------------------- 4
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De Beers plans to raise output at Botswana mine ------------------------------------------------------------ 5
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Vale plans to invest up to US$20 billion in Africa --------------------------------------------------------------- 5
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Nippon Steel, POSCO to develop Mozambique coal mine---------------------------------------------- 6
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Rare earths not a bargaining tool - China ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7
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SA Gold miners profits hit by strong rand -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
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Egypt hopes to attract gold investors with new mining law --------------------------------------------- 9
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ArcelorMittal reports weak Q3, expects weaker Q4 --------------------------------------------------------- 10
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Côte d'Ivoire: Promotion des matières premières - Houston comprend la vision de la
Côte d'Ivoire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
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Congo-Kinshasa: Pour la certification du diamant - Le pays préside le processus de
Kimberley en 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
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Cameroun: Redevance superficiaire, au nom du code minier et de l'unicité des
caisses ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
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Gabon, CITIC to mine 26 mln T manganese resource ------------------------------------------------------ 16
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• Mali trims 2010 gold production outlook to 50 T
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali trimmed its 2010 gold production forecast to 50 tonnes from 52 tonnes
due to output problems at some of the West African country's mines, the government said on
Thursday.
"Total production for the year is expected to be 50 tonnes," mines ministry official Djibroula
Togola said.
Mali, Africa's third largest gold producer behind South Africa and Ghana, produced 53.7 tonnes
of gold in 2009.
Togola said the lower forecast was due in part to technical issues hindering activity at Randgold
Resources' Loulo mine, as well as lower-than-expected output at the Syala and Kodieran mines.
(Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo; editing by Richard Valdmanis and Anthony Barker)
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• Vale Says India Likely to Play Bigger Role in Iron Ore
Market `Tightness'
Vale SA, the world’s biggest iron- ore producer, said India may play a bigger role in ensuring a
“tight” future market for the steelmaking ingredient as it boosts infrastructure spending and
becomes more urbanized.
India “could come to contribute in a relevant way to the heating up of the iron-ore market in
the medium-term,” Vale said. “We expect the iron-ore market to stay heated in the near future,
given the lack of significant growth in supplies of high-quality iron ore and rising demand in
China.”
Vale said yesterday its third-quarter profit more than tripled, after prices for the raw material
surged. China accounts for 46 percent of Vale’s iron-ore and pellet sales, while Japan takes 10
percent, South Korea buys 4.8 percent and India and other Asian nations receive 3.7 percent.
“The company should continue to deliver ‘peak’ results over the next 2-3 years,” Barclays
Capital analysts led by Leonardo Correa said in an e-mailed note to clients today. The market is
expected to remain “undersupplied,” he said.
Vale rose 34 centavos, or 0.7 percent, to 49.06 reais at 9:48 a.m. New York time in Sao Paulo
trading. The stock rose 15 percent this year until yesterday, more than the 2.9 percent gain for
Brazil’s benchmark Bovespa index.
The company based in Rio de Janeiro is boosting capacity at Carajas, the world’s largest ironore mine, and may surpass OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel as the world’s largest nickel company next
year, Chief Executive Officer Roger Agnelli said Oct. 20.
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Profit Climbed
Third-quarter profit climbed to $6.04 billion, or $1.13 a share, from $1.68 billion, or 31 cents, in the
year-ago period, Vale said yesterday in a regulatory filing. The company was expected to post
per-share profit of $1.03 on an adjusted basis, according to the average of 13 analysts in a
Bloomberg survey. The results, based on U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, were
released yesterday after regular trading.
Quarterly profit topped a previous record of $5.01 billion in the second quarter of 2008.
Vale and rivals BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group this year broke with a system of setting ironore prices once a year in favor of quarterly agreements. Prices more than doubled in the
quarter to $128.21 per ton, from $57.23 a year earlier, Vale said. Sales volumes were little
changed at 68 million tons, compared with 66.8 million tons in the year earlier period.
The iron-ore market will likely remain “tight” in the near future because of a lack of new supply
and increasing demand from China, the world’s largest consumer. The nation is looking to
higher ore grades such as those from Brazil because it can help reduce the nation’s energy
usage, according to Vale.
‘Important Contributor’
India is a “potential important contributor to medium-term tightness of the iron ore market,”
Vale said. The country’s urbanization rate is 30 percent compared with China’s 47 percent, its
industry is small in relative terms and the government plans to boost infrastructure spending,
Vale said.
Asia’s third-largest economy will consume more steel than previously expected on increased
demand from construction companies and carmakers, according to the nation’s steel ministry.
Consumption may increase 10 percent in the year ending March 31, compared with an April 6
forecast of a 9 percent increase, the ministry said Sept. 6. Consumption climbed 9.7 percent to
24.8 million metric tons between April and August, from 22.6 million tons in the year-earlier
period.
India, ranked below war-ravaged Ivory Coast and Sri Lanka for the quality of infrastructure,
needs to spend $2.2 trillion by 2030 on transportation, housing and office space in its cities to
accelerate growth, McKinsey & Co. said April 22.
‘Full Capacity’
“Our operations around the world are working at full capacity,” Agnelli said last week at an
investor event in New York. Vale is “in the best moment of our history,” he said.
Vale is planning to start producing the mineral from Guinea’s Simandou project by the end of
2012. The company is also investing to expand production of non-ferrous minerals, including
copper and fertilizers.
Vale said Oct. 18 that third-quarter iron-ore output increased 24 percent amid rising demand.
The company produced 82.6 million tons of the steelmaking raw material in the quarter, the
highest since record output of 85.8 million tons in the third quarter of 2008.
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Carajas Output
Carajas’s output rose 21 percent to a record 27 million tons after the end of some operational
problems in the port terminal of Ponta da Madeira, Vale said. An improvement in the
performance of the Carajas railway and the end of the rainy season in the Amazon also
contributed to the increase, the company said in a regulatory filing last week.
Vale is selling all its output and benefiting from growth in China, South Korea and Brazil, Agnelli
said. Demand for metals in Europe is “only okay” and “not getting worse,” he said.
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• Rio's Zim unit forecasts rise in 2010 diamond output
The Global miner's Zimbabwe unit said diamond production should increase this year from the
124,000 carats produced in 2009 but didn't give an exact figure
Global miner Rio Tinto's Zimbabwe unit expects a rise in diamond output this year from 124,000
carats produced in 2009, its managing director said on Wednesday, but production will be flat
in 2011.
The unit, Murowa, is 78 percent owned by Rio Tinto, while RioZim Limited -- a wholly
Zimbabwean-owned unit that spun off from Rio Tinto in 2004 -- controls the remainder.
"(There will be an) increase over last year following a small plant upgrade to handle harder ore
completed towards the end of 2009," Murowa managing director Neils Kristensen said in an
emailed response to questions from Reuters.
He did not give details on how much the company expects output to rise.
Output at the mine was up at 85,939 carats during the first six months of this year, compared
with 67,000 carats in the same period in 2009.
Kristensen said there will be "no significant changes" in output in 2011.
Murowa, with a design capacity of 300,000 carats, suffered a $5 million loss during the first half
of this year due to lower gem grades and a ban on diamond sales by the government.
Zimbabwe had banned all diamond exports until stones from the government's controversial
Marange fields, where it now operates three joint venture mines, were certified by industry
regulators.
Certification includes ensuring there have been no human rights violations in the diamond
trade.
Kristensen said Murowa resumed diamond exports at the end of August, after the government
sold its first batch of certified Marange diamonds.
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He said a feasibility study to increase output to 1.8 million carats was still underway.
Kristensen also said the company was still waiting for regulations that would determine the
quantity of shares mining firms should transfer to locals under a government empowerment
drive.
The government early this year published rules forcing foreign-owned firms, including mines and
banks, to cede 51 percent of shares to blacks but has since set up committees to recommend
ownership levels for different economic sectors.
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• De Beers plans to raise output at Botswana mine
JWANENG, Botswana (Reuters) - Botswana's Jwaneng mine, the richest diamond mine in the
world, plans to produce 102 million carats worth $15 billion over seven years at its Cut 8
expansion project.
The expansion of Jwaneng mine, which is operated by Debswana Diamond Company, will cost
its shareholders -- De Beers and the Botswana government -- $3 billion to extend the mine's life
by seven years from 2017 to 2024.
Jwaneng mine general manager Balisi Bonyongo said at the project site, 170 kilometres southwest of the capital Gaborone that the company would remove 658 million tonnes of waste
material to more than double the deepening of the mine to 650 metres to create a 'super pit'
and mine for more diamonds.
"Cut 8 will not ...increase the amount of diamonds produced by Jwaneng, but rather enable us
to continue our current production levels to sustain the mine," Bonyongo told journalists during a
tour of the mine. (Writing by Shapi Shacinda)
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• Vale plans to invest up to US$20 billion in Africa
Brazilian mining giant Vale plans to invest up to US$20 billion (R136 billion) in projects in Africa
over the next five years much more than the US$2.5 billion (R17 million) spent on projects there
so far.
The company which is the world's largest iron ore miner said in an interview here that it could
become one of the top three copper producers on the continent, but that it was also targeting
significant investments in coal and iron ore.
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Reuters reports that Vale and a number of other Brazilian firms have expanded their interests in
Africa under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who steps down this year, having led a
diplomatic push onto the continent urging Brazilian firms to invest there.
The company revealed that most of the US$20 billion (R136 billion) it would invest in Africa would
be spent in Mozambique, Zambia, Guinea and Liberia.
Vale said it had a vision to be among the top three players in copper mining in Africa. It
pointed out that the high-grade copper in the Copperbelt meant the capital required to have
an operation there was not high compared to other regions.
Vale has a US$1.3 billion (R8.8 billion) coal project in Mozambique that is due to begin
production next year. It also has a stake in the vast Simandou iron ore deposit through a US$2.5
billion (R17 billion) deal with BSG Resources.
The company is also eyeing copper opportunities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and
Angola, while it has launched an exploration programme for coal in Tanzania.
http://www.miningreview.com/
• Nippon Steel, POSCO to develop Mozambique coal
mine
TOKYO - Nippon Steel Corp <5401.T> jointly with three other firms will start development of a 5
million tonnes-per-year hard coking coal mine in Mozambique in 2012 to secure raw material
supplies and boost its self-sufficiency rate.
Nippon Steel, which has taken a 23.3 percent stake, aims to acquire 1.7 million tonnes a year of
high-grade hard coking coal from the $600 million project after the mine starts producing in
2014 or 2015, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
That will account for a quarter of its annual need for hard coking coal of 12 million tonnes, now
supplied mostly by Australian miners such as BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance <BHP.AX><8058.T>.
World steelmakers are boosting investment in iron ore and coal mines as ballooning demand
from China drives up prices of the steelmaking materials.
Volatility in raw materials prices after a shift in pricing to a quarterly from an annual system early
this year, has also proved hard to cope with for steelmakers, making it difficult for them to fully
pass on higher costs to customers.
Nippon Steel, the world's No.4 steelmaker, took over the stake in the Mozambique mine from its
affiliate Nippon Steel Trading Co, which held a 33 percent stake.
Australian resources company Talbot Group holds 58.9 percent of the project and South Korea's
POSCO <005490.KS> owns about 8 percent.
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The companies will complete a feasibility study by the end of 2011. Access to the project will
raise Nippon Steel's self-sufficiency rate in coking coal to 30 percent from the current 25
percent. It buys a total 25 million tonnes of various types of coking coal annually.
Brazilian mining giant Vale <VALE5.SA> is engaged in an 11 million tonnes-per-year coal project
in Mozambique.
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/
• Rare earths not a bargaining tool - China
A spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information technology said the country would not
use its dominance of the global rare earths supply as a bargaining tool with foreign economies
China will not use its dominance of global rare earths supplies as a "bargaining tool" with foreign
economies, a spokesman for the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said
on Thursday.
The spokesman, Zhu Hongren, made the comments after reduced shipments of the industrial
ores to Japan ignited international concern that China could use its rare earth exports as an
economic or political lever.
"China will not use rare earths as an instrument for bargaining. Instead, we hope to cooperate
with other countries in the use of rare earths on the basis of win-win outcomes and jointly
protecting this unrenewable resource," Zhu told a news conference.
The ministry is one of several in China that oversee rare earths.
China supplies about 97 percent of the world's demand for rare earths metals, which possess
magnetic, luminescent and other properties used in emerging clean energy technologies,
computers and electronic.
But Beijing has curtailed exports, saying it needs to protect reserves from reckless exploitation.
This year it has slashed export quotas to about 40 percent below 2009 levels.
The World Trade Organisation and the European Union said this week they were seeking a
solution to German concerns about reported Chinese restrictions on exports of rare earths.
The EU said it was watching China's actions for possible legal implications.
The Chinese spokesman Zhu repeated his government's stance that controls on exports of rare
earths were entirely within international trade rules.
"China has exercised orderly management of the exploitation, production and export of rare
earths, and this is also in line with WTO rules," Zhu said at the briefing. (Reporting by Aileen
Wang, writing by Chris Buckley; Editing by Chris Lewis)
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• SA Gold miners profits hit by strong rand
The strong rand is expected to limit the benefit of strong gold prices on september quarter
profits for South Africa's gold miners
The strong rand is expected to erode the benefit to September quarter earnings at Africa's top
three gold producers of the rise in the metal's dollar price to record highs, a Reuters survey
showed.
The price of gold in the three months averaged a record $1,246 per ounce, up $51 per ounce
or 4 percent on the previous quarter. South African gold producers sell their gold in dollars and
pay their costs in rand.
The average rand gold price improved 1 percent to 292,800 rand ($42,440) per kg.
"The benefit of record gold prices should be more than offset by the stronger rand/dollar
exchange rate and cash cost inflation," JP Morgan analyst Allan Cooke said in a note.
The rand ZAR=D3 has risen nearly 27 percent since the start of 2009 and making matters worse
for Gold Fields (GFIJ.J: Quote), Harmony Gold (HARJ.J: Quote) and AngloGold Ashanti (ANGJ.J:
Quote) are above-inflation wage and electricity tariff hikes.
Gold's run to record highs is likely to maintain its current momentum for the rest of 2010, a snap
poll of analysts conducted by Reuters earlier this month showed.
Some see it performing well into 2011 as well. "Our bullish outlook for gold is driven by expected
seasonal jewellery demand strength and increased investment demand due to uncertainty in
global financial markets," RBC Capital Markets analyst Leon Esterhuizen said in a research note.
DWINDLING OUTPUT
South Africa's gold production has been dwindling, and fell by 5.8 percent in 2009, pushing the
country to the fourth spot after China, Australia and the United States.
The country was the world's largest gold producer for most of the last century up until 2006, but
output has been hit by dwindling grades and stoppages of mines and shafts for safety-related
reasons as companies mine ever deeper.
Some South African gold mines reach depths of around 3.8 km.
AngloGold, the world's third biggest and Africa's top gold producer, has said its third-quarter
output would rise to 1.15 million ounces from 1.126 million ounces in the previous quarter, while
total cash costs were expected to rise to $645 per ounce from $617.[ID:nLDE67A1NH]
A poll of seven analysts forecast an adjusted headline loss of 24 U.S. cents per share for the
September quarter. AngloGold, which has around 20 operations across four continents, posted
adjusted earnings of 35 U.S. cents in the June quarter.
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Analysts said AngloGold's earnings are likely to be hit by payments related to the elimination of
its hedge book.
Headline earnings are the key profit measure in South Africa, stripping out some one-off and
non-trading items.
Gold Fields, the fourth-biggest producer in the world and Africa's second biggest, is expected
to post adjusted earnings per share of 135 South African cents from 134 cents the previous
quarter.
Gold Fields earnings are adjusted to exclude the effects of financial instruments and foreign
debt.
Gold Fields said its attributable production during the September quarter is expected to be
around 906,000 ounces, up from 898,00 ounces the previous three months, while cash costs
were expected to rise to $715 an ounce from $688.
Harmony, the fifth-biggest producer in the world and third-biggest in Africa, is expected to
report headline earnings per share of 14 cents for the quarter, compared with a loss per share
of 6 cents in the previous three months.
The company said production for the quarter is likely to drop 3 percent compared with the
previous three months due to closures of two of its shafts and temporary shutdowns at two
others.
Below is a summary of analysts' earnings forecasts, in South African cents per share for Gold
Fields and Harmony and in U.S. cents per share for AngloGold.
http://www.mineweb.com
• Egypt hopes to attract gold investors with new
mining law
The country is drafting legislation which, it hopes will boost investment in its mining sector in an
effort to capitalise on the renewed interest in gold mining in its Eastern desert.
Egypt is drafting new legislation to boost investment in its mining sector, a minister said in
remarks published on Tuesday, as the country seeks to capitalize on renewed interest in gold
mining in its Eastern Desert.
Pharaohs once dug up gold in the desert to gild amulets and sarcophagi, but the industry
faded in the 20th century largely because of curbs on foreign investment imposed by President
Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Other changes to Egypt's mining code in 2008 renewed interest, attracting firms such as
Centamin and Canadian mining company Nuinsco.
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The Eastern Desert, littered with pharaonic mines, is now seen as a potentially lucrative source
of gold.
Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Sameh Fahmy said his ministry had finished drafting a
new law to encourage investment in mining and protect the country's resources from being
wasted, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported.
The cabinet was reviewing the draft and will pass it along to parliament for ratification, Fahmy
said.
The ministry has drafted a mining map locating 120 gold mines it believes were used by the
pharaohs, he said, adding that more than 100 foreign firms had shown interest.
"We expect at least 50 international firms to be operating in Egypt in the coming period," Fahmy
said.
• ArcelorMittal reports weak Q3, expects weaker Q4
The steelmaker forecast a much weaker-than expected fourth quarter as a result of muted
demand, lower prices and higher costs; analysts had been expecting a marginal improvement
ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS: Quote), the world's largest steelmaker, forecast a far weaker fourth
quarter than expected due to muted demand, lower prices and higher raw material costs.
The company, whose output is more than double that of its nearest rival, said its shipments
would pick up slightly, average steel prices would be lower than in the third quarter and iron ore
and coal costs would be higher.
Analysts had been expecting a marginal improvement.
"In Q3 the business performed towards the lower end of our expectations against a background
of seasonally lower volumes, weakening spot prices and higher costs," Chief Executive Lakshmi
Mittal said in a statement.
"Our outlook for Q4 remains cautious as the expected higher input prices continue to work
through the business and demand remains muted, though with some regional differences," he
added.
ArcelorMittal said its much-watched core profit (EBITDA) would be between $1.5 billion and $1.9
billion in the fourth quarter, implying a 25 percent decrease from the third quarter.
The market had on average forecast a figure of $2.4 billion, based on a Reuters poll of 10
analysts.
The third-quarter figure of $2.27 billion was itself a 25 percent slide from the April-June period.
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The $500 billion steel industry, a bellwether for the broader economy, profited in the second
quarter from a strong auto sector and booming demand in China, but since then both have
cooled.
Iron ore and coal costs rose, but steel prices did not.
ArcelorMittal shares are 22 percent down this year and around 29 percent off a peak hit in April.
The STOXX European basic resources index has risen 11 percent so far this year and is just 5
percent off its April high.
Rivals such as world number three POSCO (005490.KS: Quote) and Nucor Corp (NUE.N: Quote)
have already reported lower-than-expected third-quarter results, the former cutting its 2010
forecast, the latter warning of uncertainty.
U.S. Steel (X.N: Quote) and AK Steel AKS.L report third-quarter results later on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by David Cowell)
• Côte d'Ivoire: Promotion des matières premières Houston comprend la vision de la Côte d'Ivoire
Dans le cadre du programme de sortie de crise et de promotion des opportunités
économiques de la Côte d'Ivoire sur le marché international, le cabinet juridique international
Pkd Conseil a organisé, du 6 septembre au 10 septembre 2010, un "forum de promotion des
matières premières minières, pétrolières et énergétiques pour l'industrialisation de la Côte
d'Ivoire" au Mariott Hotel à Houston (Usa).
"L'enjeu du développement économique et social de la Côte d'Ivoire devrait s'orienter vers une
véritable politique audacieuse et courageuse de transformation des matières premières
agricoles et une politique concrète d'industrialisation de nos matières premières en vue d'un
réel transfert de compétences et de technologies", a souligné le directeur général du Cabinet
PKD Conseil, Me Pierre Djemis, à l'ouverture de ce forum placé, sous le patronage du président
de la République Laurent Gbagbo.
Cette vision énoncée par l'initiateur du forum a bénéficié du soutien de l'ambassadeur de Côte
d'Ivoire aux Etats-Unis, Sem Charles Yao Koffi, qui exprime toute la disponibilité de l'ambassade
de Côte d'Ivoire aux Usa et du gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire pour "cette initiative pleine
d'audace".
Aussi, la chargée des relations économiques de la ville de Houston, Mâ‰¤ Helen Chang, a-telle apprécié cette "initiative de renforcement de la coopération entre la ville de Houston et la
Côte d'Ivoire pour des projets mutuels dans les secteurs des mines et de l'énergie", et a proposé
au cabinet de Me Pierre Djemis d'être un conseil stratégique en vue d'une signature de
coopération entre la ville de Houston et l'Etat de Côte d'Ivoire.
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Précédemment, du 17 mai au 21 Mai 2010, le cabinet PKD Conseil avait organisé à
l'Intercontinental Hôtel de Shanghai (Chine) la troisième édition du Forum de promotion des
matières premières et des grands projets d'infrastructures économiques pour l'industrialisation
de la Côte d'Ivoire sous la même thématique : identifier des projets industriels ivoiriens avec la
participation de la Petroci, la Gestoci, la Sopie, la Sogepe, l'Anare, Ageroute, l'Onep en vue
d'une industrialisation certaine de nos secteurs d'activités minière, pétrolière et énergétique.
Le ministre des Mines et de l'Energie, M. Augustin Komoé Kouadio, a souligné l'importance de
l'industrialisation de nos matières premières avec des pays émergents comme la Chine afin de
bénéficier d'un réel développement pour la Côte d'Ivoire.
L'ambassadeur de la Côte d'Ivoire, Alain Nicaise Papatchi Coffie, et le directeur général du
Cabinet PKD ont fait chorus avec lui.
©AFP
• Congo-Kinshasa: Pour la certification du diamant Le pays préside le processus de Kimberley en 2011
La République démocratique du Congo assumera, en 2011, la présidence du processus de
Kimberley pour la certification du diamant. Cette annonce a été faite le lundi 25 octobre 2010
par le ministre des Mines. Martin Kabwelulu a donné l'information à l'ouverture de la 6ème
édition du forum d'hommes d'affaires dénommé IPAD, (Infrastructure en Afrique, partenariats
pour le développement). Le Grand Hôtel Kinshasa a servi de cadre à ces travaux auxquels
plusieurs opérateurs miniers ont pris part.
Le thème central de cette édition porte sur : « Le secteur minier de la RDC ou les défis de la
relance économique en RDC.»
Le choix de la RDC à la tête du processus de Kimberley en 2011 est une preuve de plus, d'après
le ministre de Mines, que le pays n'est pas un si mauvais élève. Il invite, par la même occasion,
les nombreux hommes d'affaires présents à ce forum, à investir dans le secteur du diamant, du
cuivre, du cobalt, du fer, du manganèse, et des pierres ornementales.
Le ministre des Mines a apprécié à sa juste valeur l'adhésion de la République démocratique
du Congo à l'Initiative pour la transparence dans l'industrie extractive (ITIE) et à l'Organisation
pour l'harmonisation du droit des affaires en Afrique (Ohada). Selon lui, cette adhérence
prouve à suffisance que la RDC a fourni beaucoup d'efforts dans l'amélioration du climat des
affaires.
Martin Kabwelulu a, par ailleurs, déclaré que la RDC a aussi limité, dans le domaine minier, le
nombre de services habilités à intervenir dans la chaîne allant de l'extraction à l'exportation des
minerais, en luttant contre les tracasseries.
En effet, l'adhésion de la RDC au processus de Kimberley est l'un des éléments qui ont
concouru à la hausse significative des exportations officielles de diamants, avait autrefois
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reconnu Global Witness. Cette ONG avait estimé qu'il incombe au gouvernement congolais de
déployerLa République démocratique du Congo assumera, en 2011, la présidence du
processus de Kimberley pour la certification du diamant. Cette annonce a été faite le lundi 25
octobre 2010 par le ministre des Mines. Martin Kabwelulu a donné l'information à l'ouverture de
la 6ème édition du forum d'hommes d'affaires dénommé IPAD, (Infrastructure en Afrique,
partenariats pour le développement). Le Grand Hôtel Kinshasa a servi de cadre à ces travaux
auxquels plusieurs opérateurs miniers ont pris part.
Le thème central de cette édition porte sur : « Le secteur minier de la RDC ou les défis de la
relance économique en RDC.»
Le choix de la RDC à la tête du processus de Kimberley en 2011 est une preuve de plus, d'après
le ministre de Mines, que le pays n'est pas un si mauvais élève. Il invite, par la même occasion,
les nombreux hommes d'affaires présents à ce forum, à investir dans le secteur du diamant, du
cuivre, du cobalt, du fer, du manganèse, et des pierres ornementales.
Le ministre des Mines a apprécié à sa juste valeur l'adhésion de la République démocratique
du Congo à l'Initiative pour la transparence dans l'industrie extractive (ITIE) et à l'Organisation
pour l'harmonisation du droit des affaires en Afrique (Ohada). Selon lui, cette adhérence
prouve à suffisance que la RDC a fourni beaucoup d'efforts dans l'amélioration du climat des
affaires.
Martin Kabwelulu a, par ailleurs, déclaré que la RDC a aussi limité, dans le domaine minier, le
nombre de services habilités à intervenir dans la chaîne allant de l'extraction à l'exportation des
minerais, en luttant contre les tracasseries.
En effet, l'adhésion de la RDC au processus de Kimberley est l'un des éléments qui ont
concouru à la hausse significative des exportations officielles de diamants, avait autrefois
reconnu Global Witness. Cette ONG avait estimé qu'il incombe au gouvernement congolais de
déployer des efforts bien plus importants pour instaurer un système de contrôle puissant dans le
secteur du diamant en RDC. Elle avait, par la même occasion, accueilli favorablement la
décision de la RDC de se joindre à l'ITIE. Cependant, le processus de Kimberley et l'ITIE ne
peuvent pas, à eux seuls, résoudre les problèmes du secteur du diamant en RDC.
DES REFORMES FONDAMENTALES
Des réformes fondamentales des systèmes gouvernementaux sont requises pour améliorer le
secteur du diamant dans le pays. Ces réformes appellent une approche globale qui s'appuie
sur l'amélioration des contrôles internes et de la transparence en tenant compte de la façon
dont les profits tirés des diamants peuvent bénéficier aux communautés vivant de l'extraction
de ces pierres précieuses et concourir au développement du pays.
Le processus de Kimberley est une initiative commune regroupant des gouvernements, le
Conseil mondial du diamant et des ONG afin de mettre un terme au commerce des diamants
de conflits, des diamants bruts utilisés par les mouvements rebelles pour financer la lutte armée
contre des gouvernements légitimes. Pendant des dizaines d'années, le commerce de ces
pierres illégales a alimenté des conflits dévastateurs dans des pays comme l'Angola, la Côte
d'Ivoire, la République démocratique du Congo ou la Sierra Leone.
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Le système de certification du processus de Kimberley impose à ses membres de nombreuses
conditions afin de certifier que les échanges de diamants bruts ne servent pas à financer de
conflits armés.
Depuis septembre 2007, le processus de Kimberley compte 48 participants représentant 74
pays, l'Union européenne et ses États membres comptant comme un seul participant. Les
membres du processus de Kimberley représentent environ 99,8 % de la production mondiale de
diamants bruts.
L'origine du processus de Kimberley remonte à mai 2000, lorsque les pays producteurs de
diamants d'Afrique australe se sont réunis à Kimberley, en Afrique du Sud, pour débattre des
moyens de mettre un terme au commerce illégal des « diamants de conflits » et veiller à ce que
le commerce des diamants ne finance aucune forme de violence.
Selon les spécialistes du secteur, les diamants des conflits représentent actuellement moins d'un
pour cent des échanges internationaux, par rapport à 15 % dans les années 90. C'est la plus
remarquable contribution du processus de Kimberley à la paix dans le monde, qui ne devrait
pas se mesurer en carats mais en qualité de vie. Ils soutiennent que le processus de Kimberley a
mis un frein au commerce de diamants des conflits, mais il a aussi permis de stabiliser des pays
fragiles et soutenu leur développement.
Des efforts bien plus importants pour instaurer un système de contrôle puissant dans le secteur
du diamant en RDC. Elle avait, par la même occasion, accueilli favorablement la décision de
la RDC de se joindre à l'ITIE. Cependant, le processus de Kimberley et l'ITIE ne peuvent pas, à
eux seuls, résoudre les problèmes du secteur du diamant en RDC.
DES REFORMES FONDAMENTALES
Des réformes fondamentales des systèmes gouvernementaux sont requises pour améliorer le
secteur du diamant dans le pays. Ces réformes appellent une approche globale qui s'appuie
sur l'amélioration des contrôles internes et de la transparence en tenant compte de la façon
dont les profits tirés des diamants peuvent bénéficier aux communautés vivant de l'extraction
de ces pierres précieuses et concourir au développement du pays.
Le processus de Kimberley est une initiative commune regroupant des gouvernements, le
Conseil mondial du diamant et des ONG afin de mettre un terme au commerce des diamants
de conflits, des diamants bruts utilisés par les mouvements rebelles pour financer la lutte armée
contre des gouvernements légitimes. Pendant des dizaines d'années, le commerce de ces
pierres illégales a alimenté des conflits dévastateurs dans des pays comme l'Angola, la Côte
d'Ivoire, la République démocratique du Congo ou la Sierra Leone.
Le système de certification du processus de Kimberley impose à ses membres de nombreuses
conditions afin de certifier que les échanges de diamants bruts ne servent pas à financer de
conflits armés.
Depuis septembre 2007, le processus de Kimberley compte 48 participants représentant 74
pays, l'Union européenne et ses États membres comptant comme un seul participant. Les
membres du processus de Kimberley représentent environ 99,8 % de la production mondiale de
diamants bruts.
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L'origine du processus de Kimberley remonte à mai 2000, lorsque les pays producteurs de
diamants d'Afrique australe se sont réunis à Kimberley, en Afrique du Sud, pour débattre des
moyens de mettre un terme au commerce illégal des « diamants de conflits » et veiller à ce que
le commerce des diamants ne finance aucune forme de violence.
Selon les spécialistes du secteur, les diamants des conflits représentent actuellement moins d'un
pour cent des échanges internationaux, par rapport à 15 % dans les années 90. C'est la plus
remarquable contribution du processus de Kimberley à la paix dans le monde, qui ne devrait
pas se mesurer en carats mais en qualité de vie. Ils soutiennent que le processus de Kimberley a
mis un frein au commerce de diamants des conflits, mais il a aussi permis de stabiliser des pays
fragiles et soutenu leur développement.
http://fr.allafrica.com
• Cameroun: Redevance superficiaire, au nom du
code minier et de l'unicité des caisses
Le conflit de compétence opposant la délégation régionale des Domaines et des Affaires
foncières à son homologue de l'Industrie, des Mines et du Développement technologique au
sujet du prélèvement de la taxe superficiaire par cette dernière en lieux et places de la
première se justifie par l'interprétation par les deux parties de la loi nÂ° 001 du 16 avril 2001
portant code minier et son décret d'application.
Tout part d'une correspondance adressée à son ministre par le délégué régional des Domaines
et des Affaires foncières de l'Est dans laquelle ce dernier évoque « l'article 139 du décret nÂ°
2002/648/PM du 26 mars 2002 instituant code minier » pour relever que « les titulaires des
autorisations d'exploitation des permis de reconnaissance et de recherche ainsi que des permis
d'exploitation artisanale et des carrières sont soumis au paiement d'une redevance
superficiaire annuelle qui tient lieu de taxe domaniale devant être recouvrée par la recette des
domaines du ressort au moment de la liquidation de la taxe ad-valorem portant sur les mines »
et dénoncer « la perception par les services miniers de la taxe superficiare en lieux et places
des services domaniaux ».
Pour l'initiateur de cette correspondance, « l'activité minière dense dans la région de l'Est
constitue une assiette foncière imposable et la perception de cette taxe par le Mindaf
augmenterait le taux de recouvrement des recettes (domaniales) ». Le délégué régional
Mindaf-Est « souhaite que M. le Ministre saisisse le premier Ministre à l'effet de clarifier les
procédures de perception de chacune des taxes évoquées dans le code minier ».
A la délégation du Minimindt où nous nous sommes rendus ce samedi 16 octobre 2010, on est
surpris de cette réaction qui devrait plutôt réjouir les voisins d'en face. En effet, « la perception
de cette taxe superficiare par nos services ne vont pas à l'encontre des dispositions légales au
Cameroun où tout l'argent récolté pour le compte l'Etat est reversé dans une seule caisse et
peut être retracé lors des vérifications sur la base des quittances que nous délivrons à chaque
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fois » reconnaît le délégué M. Dimbélé Jean-Marie Sodéa. Pour lui, « il s'agit d'une revendication
qui pourrait susciter des soupçons ».
Ce, d'autant plus que les usagers rencontrés nous parlent de « disponibilité pendant les weekends des services miniers contrairement aux domaines qui arrêtent le travail le vendredi et
considèrent le travail du samedi comme des tâches supplémentaires à monnayer ». Dans tous
les cas, « la réponse avait déjà été donnée au délégué régional du Mindaf-Est et depuis lors,
nous ne ressentons plus de secousses venant de leur côté » conclue M. Dimbélé.
http://africa-info.org/
• Gabon, CITIC to mine 26 mln T manganese
resource
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon and Chinese mining enterprise CITIC Dameng, a unit of CITIC
Resources Holdings (1205.HK: Quote), should mine over 26 million tonnes of manganese from
their M'Bembele mine over the next 25 years, the two sides said.
The operation, whose start-up date has not yet been confirmed but was inked this week in
Gabon, comes ahead of a planned separate listing for CITIC Dameng on the main board in
Hong Kong.
Gabon, the number No. 2 producer of manganese, is seeking to boost its output of the metal,
used in steel and aluminium alloys, as part of a drive to diversify its economy away from
dependence on oil and French firms.
Zhang Longzhu, vice president of CICMHZ, the local company created to run the M'Bembele
operation in Gabon's Moyen-Ogooue province, said that reserves were estimated at "over 26
million tonnes".
Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Gabon's minister of mines, said 40 billion CFA ($84.71 million) would be
invested in the project and production would start at around 800,000 tonnes per year and peak
at just over 1 million tonnes for about 25 years.
Neither official gave a start-up date for the operation.
Gabon's manganese output slumped to around 2.2 million tonnes in 2009 due to falling
demand after hitting 3.1 million tonneS.
Mining accounts for a small percentage of Gabon's economy, but President Ali Bongo is
seeking to boost the sector as his country's oil reserves start winding down.
Bongo is also actively seeking investment from firms outside France, the former colonial power
that has long-enjoyed a strong influence in the Central African nation.
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Gabon is due to buy a greater stake in Comilog, another manganese operation Gabon has
with Eramet (ERMT.PA: Quote), Eramet said earlier this month. [ID:nLDE69J2IY] ($1=472.2 Cfa
Franc)
(Reporting by Phal Mezui Ndong Gualbert; writing by David Lewis; editing by Patrick Graham)
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