“The
DRC is just too important a jurisdiction from a resource volume and grade
quality perspective for any serious player in the global mining sector to
ignore” says Peter von Klemperer, the Head of Mining and Metals at the Standard
Bank Group, and the exclusive Diamond Plus sponsor at the DRC
Mining Week that returns to Lubumbashi from 19-21 June this
year.
He adds: “Standard Bank supports a large number of resources clients in the
mining sector in the DRC and DRC Mining Week provides us with
an important platform to engage with clients and key stakeholders in the DRC’s
resources sector. Standard Bank has been involved in the DRC for over 20 years,
funding operations and managing banking for a range of clients, from
established developed-world players to newer Chinese clients.”
Compelling
business case
“The business case for DRC’s mining sector remains compelling” says DRC
Mining Week event director Elodie Delagneau, “for example, the
demand for battery metals such as lithium and cobalt is on
the rise and the country’s low production costs, the average cost of
producing cobalt in DRC is 30% lower than the rest of the world, allows miners
to absorb the additional higher royalty payments introduced in the new Mining
Code.”
“Furthermore,” she continues, “challenges always present opportunities, with
the DRC mining sector’s energy deficit creating a huge gap to fill for the
right power solution providers.”
According
to Miss Delagneau, “we are so proud of the long-running, award-winning and
flagship expo and conference that DRC Mining Week has become. We
invite the sector to join us in celebrating 15 years as a reliable partner that
has grown with the industry and established itself as the
only mining platform for the whole industry in the heart of the Copperbelt.”
More than 3500 international mining experts and local stakeholders from more
than 50 countries are expected to attend.
Larger expo areas
The event will feature a strategic high-level conference again that will focus
on challenges and developments in the industry including a special power focus
day, finance options for mining houses, the Mining Code, looking to the future
of the industry, the upskilling of local mining talent, private and public
partnerships as well as project updates.
The
in- and outside expo areas keep growing every year and in 2019 will feature
more than 180 suppliers, including country pavilions from at least five
countries, with Zimbabawe already confirmed and others in the final stages of
confirmation.
Of the more than 80 mining and exploration companies expected at DRC
Mining Week, the following sector pioneers and longstanding
supporters and speakers at the event have already confirmed their presence:
–
Louis Watum, Managing Director-DRC Operations, Ivanhoe Mines, DRC
–
Gustave Nzeng Rubuz, Chairman Board of Directors, Kamoto
Copper Company SA, Kolwezi, DRC
–
Charles Kyona, Secretary General, MMG, DRC
–
André Kapanga, Director General, Tenke Fungurume Mining,
Kinshasa, DRC
–
Eric Monga Mumba, Chief Executive, Kipay Investments, DRC
–
Mark Bristow,President and CEO,BarrickGold
Confirmed
speakers representing government and the public sector include:
–
Simon Tuma Waku, Vice President, Chamber of Mines, DRC
–
Isaac Kwesu, President, Mining Industry Association of Southern Africa,
Zimbabwe
–
Bruno Kapandji, Head of Mission of the Head of State, Authority
for the Development and the Promotion of Inga, DRC
–
Diagne Mabouba, Regional Executive Structuring & Financial Modelling, Trade
& Development Bank, Mauritius
–
Simon Nzuka Mapengo, Deputy General Manager, DGDA, DRC
Industry
support
Apart from Standard Bank’s diamond plus sponsorship, as with
previous editions of the event, DRC Mining Week has already
secured wide and impressive industry support through leading industry giants, including Tenke Fungurume as diamond sponsor
and AEL, CATOCA, Engen and Sofibanque as platinum sponsors.
DRC
Mining Week is organised by Spintelligent, a leading Cape
Town-based and multi-award winning organiser of exhibitions and conferences
across the continent in the infrastructure, energy, mining and agriculture
sectors. Other well-known events by Spintelligent include African Utility Week,
Agritech Expo Zambia, Nigeria Mining Week, Future Energy East Africa, Future
Energy Nigeria and the East & Central Africa Mining Forum. Spintelligent is
part of the UK-based Clarion Events Group.
DRC Mining Week:
Site visit: 18 June 2019
Pre-conference Power Focus Day: 19 June 2019
Expo and conference: 19-21 June 2019
Location: The Pullman Grand Karavia Hotel, Lubumbashi, DRC
Website: http://www.drcminingweek.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drcminingweek
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DRC-Mining-Week-156193451406496/
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