I-DRC: I-cobalt yaseCongo iphantsi koxinzelelo emva kokurhanelwa kokuthunyelwa kwe-uranium ngaphandle

I-cobalt yaseCongo isembindini wempikiswano entsha. Uphando lwesayensi lulumkisa ngokubakho kwe-uranium yendalo kwezinye ze-cobalt ezithunyelwa ngaphandle yiDemocratic Republic of Congo, nto leyo evuselela imibuzo malunga nolawulo kunye nokulandeleka kwezimbiwa zelizwe.

Ngokutsho kwabaphandi, ezinye iiminerali ezifunyenwe kumzantsi-mpuma we-DRC ngokwendalo ziqulathe i-uranium, enokugqibela ixutywe neemveliso ezivela ekucutshungulweni kwe-cobalt ngaphambi kokuba zithunyelwe kwiimarike zamazwe ngamazwe.

Ezi zityhilelo ziphakamisa imibuzo malunga nomthamo obandakanyekayo kunye neendlela zokubeka esweni ezi zinto zithunyelwa kwamanye amazwe. I-uranium, ekubeni ingumkhiqizo olawulwa kakhulu, ubukho bayo obunokubakho kwikhonkco lokubonelela ngempahla kwihlabathi liphela bunokuba nemiphumo ebalulekileyo.

IKinshasa ibhengeze uphando ukuze icacise le ngxaki kwaye iqinise iindlela zokulawula izixhobo zayo zezimbiwa.

Le mpikiswano ifika ngexesha apho i-DRC ifuna ukusebenzisa ngcono izimbiwa zayo ezibalulekileyo kwaye iqinise ubukhosi bayo phezu kobutyebi obube bubalulekile kushishino lwebhetri yombane lwehlabathi.

Yolande Bazié