WELCOME TO DRC MINING WEEK THE ONLY MINING EXPO AND CONFERENCE PROVIDING MARKET INTELLIGENCE, STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR YOUR OPERATIONS IN THE DRC.
Pre- Conference Power Focus Sessions
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2019
Opening Session 1.1
A slow development but laudable efforts: An update on current energy projects
Moderator: Ben Munanga, General Manager, Ivanhoe Mines Energy DRC SARL, DRC
| 09:00 | Ministerial address: Government Plan to Capitalize Investment Opportunities in the Energy Sector Guy N. Muleya, Chief of Staff, Ministry of Mines, Land, Energy, Hydrocarbons and Environment, RDC |
| 09:15 | How battery storage can bring more efficiency to your mining business? François Grimbert, Head of Sales, Southern and Eastern Africa, Aggreko, South Africa |
| 09:25 | Panel discussion: Electricity projects report • Tembo Power: How far is the hydropower plant project from seeing the light and what were the obstacles overcome? • Public and Private Partnership: SNEL – Eskom, an update on the study level of the energy import project through Zambia and Zimbabwe network • Funding and regional deal structuring solutions to resolve the power shortage for the mining industry in DRC • Sombwe Project: Strategic advancement between 2018 and 2019 • Extending and strengthening power supplies from Zambia into DRC Participants: • Raphael Khalifa, Chief Executive Officer, Tembo Power, Mauritius • François Grimbert, Head of Sales, Southern and Eastern Africa, Aggreko, South Africa • Diagne Mabouba, Regional Executive Structuring & Financial Modelling, Trade & Development Bank, Mauritius • Eric Monga Mumba, Chief Executive, Kipay Investments, DRC • Abraham Sashi, Senior Manager- System Operations, Zesco, Zambia |
| 10:10 | Q&A session |
Session 1.2
“Someday Inga will come”: Looking for interim solutions
Moderator: Eric Monga Mumba, Chief Executive, Kipay Investments, DRC
| 11:00 | Sustainability of power transmission and distribution infrastructure Christopher Nthala, Chief Operating Officer, Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc, Zambia |
| 11:10 | Hybrid solutions for the mining industry: Energy storage, a guarantee for optimal operations Loic Charmoille, Proposal Manager Hybrid Solutions, Wärtsilä, Finland |
| 11:20 | Panel discussion: • How to respond to urgent need of power of mining companies in order to boost their production. • Gecamines coal power plant: How viable and effective could this be in a long run? • Infrastructure: How to overcome the lack of insufficient wiring to facilitate electricity distribution? • What electricity tariff structure should be adaptable for the energy supply in DRC and by when an energy policy for all? • The development of regional electricity trade and its contribution to reducing the energy deficit: What is blocking it and what needs to be done? • Alternative power solutions: Power strategy of Kibali goldmines Participants: • Dieudonné Nduwa, Luena Project Coordinator, Gecamines, DRC • Lucien Shimuna, Energy Project Engineer, Ivanhoe Mines Energy DRC SARL, DRC • Vincent Noël Vika Di Panzu, General Director, Katanga Energy, DRC • Andy Sambwe , Energy Engineer, Kibali Goldmines, DRC |
| 12:20 | Q&A session |
Official Opening Ceremony
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2019
Rethinking the traditional mining model in the new era of metals:
Equipping DRC with the right skills set to drive the industry forward
Moderator: Serge Bilambo, Provincial Director-Head of Mining and Metals CIB, Standard Bank DRC
| 14:30 | Welcome from the organizers Emmanuelle Nicholls, Group Director, Spintelligent, South Africa |
| 14:40 | Welcome address from the official partner: DRC Chamber of Mines Simon Tuma Waku, Vice President, Chamber of Mines, DRC |
| 15:05 | Welcome address from the Host Province of Haut Katanga Excellence, Jacques Kyabula Katwe Governor of Haut Katanga, DRC |
| 15:20 | Opening address from the Sponsor: Innovative and effective banking solutions to support new and existing mining operations Amedeo Anniciello, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Bank, DRC |
| 15:30 | The mining industry as a lodestone in the RSA-DRC economic relations Andrew Maswanganye, Council General, South Africa, DRC |
| 15:40 | Keynote address: Public – Private Sector Partnership: A fundamental prerequisite for sustainable growth of the DRC Mining Sector Veston Malango, Chief Executive Officer, Chamber of Mines, Namibia |
| 15:50 | Private sector’s contribution for growth: The FEC Perspective Albert Yuma Mulimbi, President, Gecamines/ President of the Federation of Congo Entreprises ( FEC), DRC |
| 16:00 | Ministerial address: What are the incentives that will put DRC as a trusted leader on the international mining market? Joseph Ikoli Y’ampeke, Executive Secretary, Minister of Mines, Ministry of Mines, DRC* |
| 16:20 | Presidential address and Official Opening of the 15th edition of DRC Mining Week Mrs Gety Mpanu Mpanu, Deputy Chief of Staff, of The Head of State in charge of Infrastructures, Mineral Resources, Hydrocarbons, Energy and PT-NTIC, Presidency, Democratic Republic of Congo |
THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2019
Session 2.1
Burying the hatchet and getting the most out of the mining code
for the success of the operations?
Moderator: Guy Robert Lukama, Managing Director, Mongbwalu Mines, DRC
| 09:00 | A transparent operating model to contribute to the profitability of the mining sector Jean Jacques Mukula, Partner Assurance and Advisory and President of Congolese Organization of Chartered Accountants for the Haut Katanga Province, DRC |
| 09:10 | Panel Discussion Impact of the new mining code on activities; What prospects for investors? What aspects will be considered or abandoned? The improvement of the business climate, the popularization of the Mining Code, the conclusion of the win-win contract: Where are we? Panel discussion: • Mamie Ndaya Ilunga, Judicial Advocate, High Court, DRC • Ahmed Kalj Kant, Managing Director, Autorité de Régulation de la Sous-traitance, DRC • Prof. Dieudonné Louis Tambwe, Deputy Technical Director, CTCPM, Ministry of Mines, DRC • Simon Tuma Waku, Vice President, Chamber of Mines, DRC • Louis Watum, Managing Director-DRC Operations, Ivanhoe Mines, DRC |
| 10:10 | Q&A session |
Session 2.2
“Back to the Future”: Predicting tomorrow’s commodities and monitoring development of the battery metals market.
Moderator: Simon Tuma Waku, Vice President, Chamber of Mines, DRC
| 11:00 | Ivanhoe on the mining map: An update of their projects in the DRC Louis Watum, Managing Director-DRC Operations, Ivanhoe Mines, DRC |
| 11:10 | The future of cobalt in DRC: Cobalt hydroxide, pure cobalt sulphate or cobalt metal? Tshikele Mukongo, Country Manager , Protea Mining Chemicals, DRC |
| 11:20 | Panel discussion: • The constant demand for Lithium for the production of batteries: What future for Tanganyika province? • Outperformance outlook cobalt: How will this affect DRC mining supply- and what DRC’s role in the copper and cobalt market? • What future for: Steel, manganese, aluminium and non -strategic commodities- Is cobalt beneficial for DRC? • Can DRC align its mining strategy to the “investment Thesis”: 30% EVs by 2030? • How to promote the secondary gold industry with a smelter how can gold remain competitive? • How to develop Local processing of (some) minerals to add value to the country’s economy and the stabilization of the region? Participants: • Martin Haylett, Research Analyst, Wood Mackenzie, United Kingdom • Margaret Kabamba, Mining Consultant, Language Connections, Canada • Tshikele Mukongo, Country Manager, Protea Mining Chemicals, DRC • Uwe Naeher, Director of the Mining Products Certification Project, Federal Office of Geosciences and Natural Resources , Germany • Hon. Robert Schuddeboom, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in DRC and the Republic of Congo |
| 12:20 | Q&A session |
Session 2.3
Global trends that will shape the mining industry by 2050: How is DRC tracking?
Moderator: Jean Jacques Mukula, Partner Assurance and Advisory and President of Congolese Organization of Chartered Accountants for the Haut Katanga Province
| 14:00 | How new technology has contributed to improve competitiveness of mining companies and increase their productivity? Gustave Nzeng Rubuz, Chairman Board of Directors, Kamoto Copper Company SA, Kolwezi, DRC |
| 14:10 | Integrated planning from mine production through to rehabilitation and liability management Dave Capstick, Business Manager, Deswik, South Africa |
| 14:20 | The use of new technologies in the restructuring of explosive management adaptable to the mining sector Marcel Mbuyu, Managing Director, Afridex, RDC |
| 14:30 | New technology solutions adapted to the needs of economic operators in the mining sector. Rene Monzambe, Executive and Regional Manager, Vodacom Congo, DRC |
| 14:40 | Panel discussion: • Geoscience data: An efficient way to improve predictions, innovation and sustainability • Pros and cons of smart mining: How can DRC mining integrate remote control in their day to day operations • DRC to gear up and join the smart mining trend: advanced technology, green strategies, metals consumption, low costs operations, • Digitalisation: How can mining houses maximise their operations with data management and artificial intelligence. • Tracking cobalt through blockchain technology: How realistic is it and what are the steps? Participants: • Prof. Hilaire Elenga, Directeur Général, Centre de Géologie et de Recherche Minière (CRGM), Congo • Aleksandar Popovic, Senior Consultant – CRU Consulting, United Kingdom • Gustave Nzeng Rubuz, Chairman Board of Directors, Kamoto Copper Company SA, Kolwezi, DRC • Rene Monzambe, Executive and Regional Manager, Vodacom Congo, DRC |
| 15:30 | Q&A session |
Session 2.4
Trade agreements with Africa’s cobalt and copper leader: The economic potential of bilateral trade
Moderator: Veston Malongo, Chief Executive, Chamber of Mines, Namibia
| 16:20 | Unlocking capacity on the DRC-Walvis Bay corridor through synergies with State Owned Enterprises along the corridor Nate Macmillan, Southern Africa Trade Director, Ascon Timpet GmbH, Hamburg, Germany |
| 16:30 | Panel discussion: • Public-Private Partnership: The key to unlock regional economic projects and development • Role of testing laboratories in the export of mining products: Quality control • Understand the value chain from extraction to end-products: What are the requirements of each party involved? • What are the regional integration strategies to facilitate production and export of minerals? • Regional partnership: Adding value to the DRC’s operations • Corridor integration and border control a common interest for the regional trade • What effective solutions would best fit the needs of mining companies to improve their competitiveness? Participants: • Rodolphe Kembukuswa, Managing Director, Bolloré Transport & Logistics, DRC • Vuyiswa Mafu, Export Promotion Manager, Zimtrade, Zimbabwe • Guy Kimenyembo, Managing Director, Trade Service, DRC • Senior Representative, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa • Helmut Schgeiner, Technical Director, VDMA Mining, Germany • Craig Sillars, Specialist Mining and Infrastructure, Department for International Trade, UK • Ambroise Tshiyoyo, President, French-Congolese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, DRC |
| 17:20 | Q&A session |
FRIDAY 21 JUNE 2019
Session 3.1
Solving the Chinese Puzzle: Ensuring financial turnaround in a risk-taking business environment (IDC)
Moderator: Erick Lwamba Mayanga, The National Order of Chartered Accountants, DRC
| 09:00 | Identify attractive financing projects Rian Coetzee, Acting Head Basic Metals & Mining, IDC, South Africa |
| 09:10 | Panel discussion: • Get the right recipe to mitigate the risk while you navigate through volatile commodity prices, foreign exchange fluctuations; legal environment; operating costs; reliance on third-party infrastructure; employee safety and health; liquidity and capital management; and compliance with environmental standard • How can mining operators and exploration companies manage their balance sheets with volatile commodities prices? • “A la carte” business model: Invest in a new project, acquire a promising product, or merge with existing operations in needs for financing. Find your match! • What are the economic enablers for the mining industry in the DRC? • What supporting plan is in place to enable local sub-contractors to finance their mining projects? Participants: • Yves Binzunga Multinational and Regional Director, Eco Bank, DRC, Eco Bank, DRC • Kevin Hodges, Industry Development Champion, IDC, South Africa • Diagne Mabouba, Regional Executive Structuring & Financial Modelling, Trade & Development Bank, Mauritius • Gaëtan E. Munkeni, Regional Director, FBN Bank, DRC |
| 10:10 | Q&A session |
Session 3.2
“Mining Academy Wanted”: Training your talent and equipping your workforce
Moderator: Guy Muswil, Head of Sustainability, Ivanhoe Mines, RDC
| 11:00 | Technical education: The contribution of worldSkills as a tool for vocational training Francis Hourant, Director, WorldSkills, Belgium |
| 11:10 | Panel discussion: • How do we create new employment opportunities for youth integration? • Train the trainers: How to ensure a continuous training cycle that is sustainable for future generations and adaptable to the mining value chain • Vocational- academy programs to train talents: How to meet the mining companies’ requirements? • Case Studies: Congolese youth must “wake up” to appropriate the new laws on local subcontracting; regroup in local communities and associations in order to start developing activities that would be profitable to them. • How does mining operators plan to avoid a skills gap- Incentivising young talent eager to start a career in mining? Participants: • Budy Bukadi, Provincial Director Haut-Katanga, National Institute of Professional Preparation, DRC • Francis Hourant, Director, WorldSkills, Belgium • Freddy Kitoko Nyembo, Chairman, Investissement Durable au Katanga, (IDAK) DRC • Léonie Muyombe, Director, Resource Center -Haut Katanga, DRC |
| 12:10 | Q&A session |
Session 3.3
Catching up with the mining giants: Which projects will change the game in the region?
Moderator: Louison Kiyombo, Partner, KPMG, DRC
| 13:50 | Private-Private Partnership: Zesco supports mining companies in the DRC Abraham Sashi, Senior Manager- System operations, Zesco, Zambia |
| 14:20 | Projects update: • Update on key projects from the giants of DRC Mining • Seeking a sustainable outcome for all DRC stakeholders- dream or reality? • Juniors mining outlook: What has been the key to success for young blood in the mining industry in DRC and what is left to be done? • What is needed to support mining operations and allow significant growth? • What has the MPI don to assert their rights in the mining industry despite the difficulties encountered in 2018? Participants: • Mark Davis, Executive General Operations Manager – Africa, Australia and Asia, MMG, DRC • Boris Kamstra, Chief Executive Officer, Alphamin, DRC • André Kapanga, Executive Director General, CMOC Congo, DRC • Louis Watum, Managing Director-DRC Operations, Ivanhoe Mines, DRC • Jacobs Willem, COO- Africa & Middle East, Barrick Gold Corp, Canada |
| 15:20 | Q&A session |
Session 3.4
Mining with a Legacy: Integrate communities as the fabric of your business
Moderator: Lorenzo Giacomin, Associate, Belgo Congolese Chamber of Commerce, DRC
| 16:00 | Mutualisation of CSR as an integration factor Richard Muyej Mangez Mans, Governor, Governorate,Lualaba Province, DRC |
| 16:15 | Case study: How do you formalise ASM to make them more responsible and what does ‘real’ community participation look like? Participants: • Christopher Higgins, Business Development Manager, Minelab MEA General Trading LLC , Dubai • Agnès Kabwiz, Deputy Coordinator, Renafem, DRC • Albert Kitengue, Deputy Managing Director, Alphamin Bisie Mines, DRC • Guillaume Kiza Sikangula, Managing Director, Support Service for the Supervision of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Production, ( SAEMAP), DRC |
| 16:35 | Panel discussion: • Make Health and Safety your priority: What measures are in place to assess a safety working environment; working practices for staff and leaders? • Adopting a strategic development approach in which local communities are integrated as stakeholders • The CSR experience: Lessons from Kibali Gold • Mining Initiatives: The relationship between artisanal miner, mining operators and Subcontracting • Security and illegal mining: How to handle these challenges and what are the potential solutions? Participants: • Richard Muyej Mangez Mans, Governor, Governorate,Lualaba Province, DRC • Bernard Wakomina Eku, Administrative Director, Securico Sarl, RDC • Luck Mumba, CSR Head, Eurasian Resources Group Africa, DRC • Cyrille Mutombo, Director, Kibali, DRC • Ahmed Kalj Kant, Managing Director, Autorité de Régulation de la Sous-traitance, DRC |
| 17:30 | Q&A session |
| 17:40 | Closing remarks Emmanuelle Nicholls, Group Director, Spintelligent, South Africa |
| 17:45 | Closing remarks Senior Representative Ministry of Mines, DRC* |
