{"id":143,"date":"2024-07-30T18:34:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T18:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/congomines.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:42:56","slug":"une-affaire-detat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/congomines.org\/fr\/a-state-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Une affaire d'\u00c9tat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dae89687 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Le rapport du Centre Carter, State Affair : Privatization of Congo's Copper Sector, est une enqu\u00eate approfondie sur les pratiques contractuelles et financi\u00e8res de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 mini\u00e8re publique de la R\u00e9publique d\u00e9mocratique du Congo, la G\u00e9camines. Le rapport r\u00e9v\u00e8le notamment comment la G\u00e9camines a pu utiliser sa position privil\u00e9gi\u00e9e pour g\u00e9n\u00e9rer $1,1 milliard d'euros de transactions sur le cuivre et le cobalt entre 2011 et 2014. Environ deux tiers de ces revenus - 1,750 milliard de dollars - ne peuvent pas \u00eatre retrac\u00e9s de mani\u00e8re fiable dans les registres de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affaire d'Etat est l'aboutissement de plusieurs ann\u00e9es de recherche et s'appuie sur 200 entretiens, l'examen de plus de 100 contrats miniers, au moins 1 000 documents d'entreprises, ainsi que des rapports de l'Initiative pour la transparence des industries extractives (ITIE) couvrant la p\u00e9riode 2007-2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L'histoire centrale est reprise dans \"G\u00e9camines : un \u00c9tat parall\u00e8le\". Cette premi\u00e8re partie documente la mani\u00e8re dont la G\u00e9camines a utilis\u00e9 son portefeuille d'actifs pour g\u00e9n\u00e9rer des revenus consid\u00e9rables, dont l'utilisation est difficile \u00e0 retracer. Ce document est disponible ci-dessous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cette premi\u00e8re partie sera accompagn\u00e9e de quatre \u00e9tudes de cas sur certains des projets miniers les plus importants de l'arc cuprif\u00e8re congolais. 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