Martin Kabwelulu Labilo

* Other key officials include: Interior Minister Adolphe Lumanu Mulenda; Adolphe Muzito the Prime Minister lately under attack represents the Parti Lumumbiste Unifié in the parliamentary coalition but achieves little; and Martin Kabwelulu also of Palu who weathered Kabila’s February reshuffle and remains Mines Minister but has little impact on key developments such as the long-disputed contract with Freeport McMoRan main shareholder of the US$2 billion Tenke Fungurume mine (AC Vol 51 No 11)...

Both companies’ partnerships with the parastatal Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines) and closeness to the Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu add political clout (AC Vol 49 No 23)...

Signed by Congolese Energy Minister Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula wa Tumba and Mining Minister Martin Kabwelulu Labilo the deal will allow Taejoo Synthesis Steel Corporation to exploit the copper mines at Musoshi in Katanga...

In February Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu forbade mining in Walikale district but met opposition from local residents and government officials who have no other income...

Martin Kabwelulu the Minister of Mines helped remodel the process of allocation of mining contracts...

Bargaining positions On receiving from the Minister of Mines Martin Kabwelulu the letter outlining the Commission's findings some private companies promptly released its contents and started bargaining...

Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu says these will not affect existing joint ventures although many Western mining companies are looking nervously at the ongoing contracts review (Africa Confidential Vol 48 No 20) and the withdrawal of concessions deemed noncompliant with Congolese law...

Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu whose position may be under threat in the coming cabinet reshuffle claims that the leaked draft bears little resemblance to the Commission's final report which we hear was handed to Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga on 8 November...

Kasongo rather than Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu is the real political authority...

• Martin Kabwelulu Labilo: As Mines Minister he owes his position to membership of Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's Parti Lumumbiste Unifié (PALU)...