MINING AND MINERALS
Kasaï-Oriental Backs ADEX-RDC Diamond-Cutting Plan
Kasaï-Oriental backs the government-approved ADEX-RDC plan for local diamond cutting, polishing, jobs and international marketing.
August 7, 2026 at 5:01:25 PM
August 7, 2026 at 5:03:37 PM
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MBUJI-MAYI, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kasaï-Oriental has moved closer to becoming part of a new Congolese diamond-processing value chain after the provincial government welcomed the ADEX-RDC project, an initiative designed to cut, polish and market more of the country’s diamonds from inside the DRC.
A delegation from the Mining Fund for Future Generations, known as FOMIN, presented the project to Governor Jean-Paul Mbwebwa Kapo on August 6. The delegation was led by Benoît Kazadi Kayemba, FOMIN’s director responsible for studies and portfolio management.
The meeting placed one of Congo’s most important diamond-producing provinces at the centre of a national industrialisation strategy: moving beyond the export of rough stones and building more of the diamond value chain on Congolese soil.
The next stage will assess production capacity in Kasaï-Oriental and other diamond-producing provinces. That work is intended to prepare the supply network required before ADEX-RDC is installed in Kinshasa and the provinces.
For the government, the ambition is that , Congolese diamonds should generate greater value, specialised skills, stronger producer revenues and new economic activity inside Congo.
From National Approval to Provincial Preparation
ADEX-RDC has progressed through a sequence of confirmed institutional steps.
On May 29, the Council of Ministers approved the project to create ADEX RDC SA. The official government record describes it as a joint company owned equally by FOMIN and the Swiss partner ADEX Platform AG.
The partners later signed a framework agreement, formally establishing the basis for their cooperation. The arrangement brings together Congolese resources and institutional leadership with international expertise, technology, training and access to markets.
The August 6 presentation in Mbuji-Mayi represents the provincial-preparation stage. FOMIN is now engaging local authorities and diamond-sector actors before conducting production-capacity assessments.
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