MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INDUSTRY: GROUND-LAYING CEREMONY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PRODUCTION PLANTS OF INDUSTRIAL LUBRICANTS AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC CABLES, OF THE COMPANY MINING ENGINEERING SERVICES -MES, CO-CHAIRED MONDAY, JULY 6 2026 IN LUBUMBASHI BY THE ACTING MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, JUSTIN KALUMBA MWANA NGONGO AND HIS FOREIGN TRADE COLLEAGUE, JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA
In Lubumbashi in Haut-Katanga where they have been staying since July 5, as part of the strengthening of the promotion and protection of local industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Interim Minister of Industry and Minister of Entrepreneurship and SME Development, Justin Kalumba Mwana Ngongo and his colleague from Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, launched the work this Monday, July 6, 2026 construction of factories for the production of industrial lubricants and underground electrical cables, of the company Mining Engineering Services-MES, which is part of the Vinmart Group; it was in the presence of the interim Governor of Haut-Katanga, Martin Kazembe Shula and economic operators from the region.
A ceremony which took place just after that of the inauguration of 3 industrial units specialized in the production of square tubes, armored electrical cables and electrical transformers, an initiative which supports the materialization of the vision of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, that of the economic and industrial sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is now committed to transforming its raw materials locally before export, to thus create added value.
On behalf of the Government, the Interim Minister of Industry threw flowers to the MES company
These industrial units will be protected by the Congolese Government, and this, as part of the safeguarding of the industry, reassured the Minister of Foreign Trade.
This Tuesday, these two members of the Suminwa Government and the Haut-Katanga Provincial Authority went to the Kasumbalesa cross-border post, on the border with Zambia.
