Kinshasa, September 15, 2024 (ACP) – During the recent workshop on the Cercle Mines of the Congolese Control Office, experts unanimously recommended the modernization of the computer system of laboratories in the Democratic Republic of Congo. An essential recommendation to meet current and future requirements for the control and certification of mining products.
Gaby Lubiba Mampuya, Head of the Laboratory Department at the OCC, stressed the importance of modernizing equipment, computer networks and laboratory security. He highlighted the need to ensure a quality Internet connection to guarantee reliable analyses and efficient data exchanges.
Beyond technical modernization, this recommendation also aims to strengthen the appropriation of the concept of the circle, to encourage the involvement of all stakeholders in the organizational transformation and to promote the adoption of new practices. This involves establishing a clear roadmap, defining the intermediate objectives, the responsibilities of the various stakeholders and the activities to be carried out at each stage of the process.
The ultimate goal is to achieve accreditation of the “mining sector housing” by 2025, based on a new, more efficient and collaborative organizational model. This approach is part of a global reorganization of the OCC, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Trade, in order to meet the requirements of the current economic context and strengthen the DRC’s position on the international scene in the mining sector.
The workshop, which took place from September 11 to 13 in Kinshasa, highlighted the importance of laboratories in the control and certification of mining products. The report presented by Gaby Lubiba Mampuya reveals the intense activity of these laboratories, including the control of several million tons of copper, cobalt and other minerals.
The modernization of the computer system of the laboratories of the Mines circle therefore appears to be a crucial step in guaranteeing the quality and reliability of analyses, strengthening the efficiency of data exchanges and contributing to the sustainable development of the mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo.