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The three-day forum of the Chamber of Mines of the Federation of Enterprises of Congo (FEC), which concluded this Friday, July 17, 2026, in Kinshasa, focused on the future of mining legislation. This meeting took place within a specific political context: the examination of a proposed law to revise the Mining Code, initiated by Member of Parliament Serge Nkonde. This text, transmitted by the National Assembly’s bureau to the Prime Minister on June 13, 2026, was then forwarded to the Minister of Mines before its anticipated review by Parliament.

In response to this legislative initiative, economic operators have formulated twenty-eight recommendations. The FEC’s main position calls on the authorities to exercise restraint. For employers, amending the 2018 law again is not the solution to the sector’s problems. In its final statement, the organization emphasizes that: ”  The revision of the mining code, eight years after the one in 2018, cannot be considered a simple response to the difficulties encountered in implementing the current legal framework.  “

The private sector believes that the real bottlenecks do not stem from the legislation itself, but from its implementation. Miners directly highlight the shortcomings of the business environment: ”  The difficulties identified, including over-taxation and excessive taxation, administrative deficiencies, corruption, infrastructure deficits, and the persistence of artisanal mining, demonstrate that the sector’s challenges result as much from the incomplete application of existing provisions as from potential limitations of the legal framework itself.  “

Before parliamentarians and the government, the Chamber of Mines is calling for an objective evaluation to be prioritized before any substantial changes are made. The FEC insists that ”  any potential reform must be conducted with caution, respecting the principles of legal certainty, business climate stability, investment predictability, and good governance  .”

For operators in the sector, the rigorous application of existing rules remains the only way to ”  guarantee the sovereignty of the State over its natural resources while promoting the effective transformation of mineral wealth into sustainable development for the benefit of local communities and the nation  .”