{"version":"1","article":{"id":"dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions","slug":"dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions?lang=en","title":"Miba chief says equipment is needed before production can restart","summary":"The head of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Miba diamond company said an industrial restart depends on restoring operations and obtaining equipment. A promised $50 million government capitalization had not yet been released.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["commodities"],"published_at":"2026-10-10T20:27:35+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T20:27:35+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-02","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Agence Congolaise de Presse / Miba","url":"https://acp.cd/economie/mbuji-mayi-la-relance-de-la-miba-une-priorite-pour-la-survie-des-agents-directeur-general/","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","publishedAt":"2026-09-02"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dr-congo-miba-restart-preconditions?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Miba director-general André Kabanda told the Agence Congolaise de Presse on 2 September that the company was not yet producing at an industrial scale and that restarting required resuming operations and acquiring machinery and equipment. The Mbuji-Mayi-based diamond miner gave no restart date or current production volume.","Kabanda said release of a promised $50 million government capitalization had been delayed pending prerequisites. He said earlier state capitalizations had not followed proper procedures for a company with mixed ownership. His comments describe management’s account; they do not mean the funds have been transferred or production has resumed."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The head of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Miba diamond company said an industrial restart depends on restoring operations and obtaining equipment. A promised $50 million government capitalization had not yet been released.\n\nMiba director-general André Kabanda told the Agence Congolaise de Presse on 2 September that the company was not yet producing at an industrial scale and that restarting required resuming operations and acquiring machinery and equipment. The Mbuji-Mayi-based diamond miner gave no restart date or current production volume.\n\nKabanda said release of a promised $50 million government capitalization had been delayed pending prerequisites. He said earlier state capitalizations had not followed proper procedures for a company with mixed ownership. His comments describe management’s account; they do not mean the funds have been transferred or production has resumed.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}