Even earlier than DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, his ministers fanned throughout the Chinese language capital earlier this week to put the groundwork for what are going to be delicate negotiations over a pair of huge, but very contentious Chinese language mining initiatives within the DRC.

Mining Minister N’samba Kalambayi is the purpose individual for talks to restructure the contracts that created the Sicomines three way partnership with the Congolese state-run mining firm Gécamines and a equally flawed settlement with the mining large China Molybdenum Firm over the Tenke Fungurume (TFM) copper and cobalt mine.