OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP OF THE MINES CIRCLE OF THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF OCC LABORATORIES THIS WEDNESDAY IN KINSHASA BY MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA
The acceleration of the modernization and certification of the laboratories of the Congolese Control Office-OCC for mining products in the greater Katanga area and in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, with the aim of distinguishing the main product from related products not known before the export of Congolese minerals to thus maximize public revenue, because
billions of US dollars escape the public treasury in this sector.
This is the objective of the workshop of the mining circle of the national network of laboratories of the Congolese Control Office-OCC opened this Wednesday in Kinshasa by the Minister of Foreign Trade.
For Julien Paluku Kahongya, the increase in the volume of trade between the DRC and the United States of America within the framework of AGOA and with China within the framework of the memorandum of understanding signed during the last China-Africa Cooperation Forum in Beijing but also soon with the European Union necessarily involves the modernization of the Office Congolais de Controle-OCC which must acquire in 2 years 7 ultramodern certified laboratories including mining, because around ten unknown by-products are profitable, only to
importing companies, he said.
The memorandum of understanding signed recently between the OCC and the Chinese company Lixiaoman Technology will help the OCC to acquire these ultra-modern certified laboratories, where all the products controlled by this scientific and technical body must be recognized worldwide in terms of quality and conformity, added the Minister of Foreign Trade.
This Government initiative which consists of making the Office Congolais de Controle-OCC more efficient
highly praised by its General Director, Étienne Tshimanga
According to the 2023 report detailed by Gaby Lubiba Mampuya, Head of the Laboratory Department, the OCC with its 88 laboratories including 9 mining laboratories has controlled and certified 3.029 million tons of copper products, 437 thousand tons of Cobalt products and 45 thousand tons of other products.
