De Beers to close Damtshaa Mine in Botswana
Debswana Mining will close its Damtshaa diamond mine in 2021 for three years, the president of the Botswana Mine Workers Union, Joseph…
Category: Mining
Botswana’s Minergy sets sights on Eskom
Botswana-based coal miner Minergy has ramped up coal sales to South Africa’s industrial customers and has now set its sights…
Tlou Energy seeks funds to develop Lesedi power project in Botswana
Tlou Energy Limited has announced that it is currently seeking funding for the development of the Lesedi Power Project. Tlou is…
Botswana sees 7.7 % growth in 2021 on diamond industry recovery
Botswana‘s economy will rebound and grow 7.7% in 2021 from an 8.9% contraction forecast this year, on the back of…
Botswana Diamonds begins precision ground geophysics programme
Botswana Diamonds has started a precision ground geophysics programme to zero-in on potential kimberlite pipes on the prospective Marsfontein and…
Metal Tiger continuing to put the spotlight on Botswana, after plotting tricky course through coronavirus-affected half year
Metal Tiger PLC (LON:MTR) delivered a loss before taxation of £3.4 mln in the six months to June 2020. During…
EHR Resources (ASX:EHX) renews prospecting licences at Botswana
Diamond explorers EHR Resources (EHX) has received renewals from the Ministry of Mines for seven prospecting licences in Botswana, through…
For engagement rings, are natural diamonds on the way out?
A new crop of jewellery makers using lab-grown and recycled diamonds, as well as recycled metals, appeal to millennials and…
De Beers hopeful as sales tick up
Diamond mining giant, De Beers is reading positive signs of recovery from its latest sales, which showed a near three-fold…
Botswana: Tlou Energy announces update on Lesedi Power project transmission line
Tlou Energy, an ASX, AIM and BSE listed company focused on delivering power in Botswana and southern Africa through the…
Botswana Diamonds raising £0.3m to fund exploration work
Botswana Diamonds announced a fundraise of £0.3m on Monday, to fund its ongoing exploration activities in Botswana and South Africa.…
Concor paves the way for remote Botswana Mine
Tackling the demanding conditions of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert, Concor Infrastructure is nearing completion of a 35 km access road for…
De Beers rough diamonds demand under short-term pressure
Diamond giant De Beers Group says demand for rough gems remains under short-term pressure as travel restrictions in southern Africa…
Concor paves the way for remote Botswana Mine
Tackling the demanding conditions of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert, Concor Infrastructure is nearing completion of a 35 km access road for…
Minergy and Botswana celebrate historic achievement as the first coal exports leave Botswana bound for South Africa
Minergy, the coal mining and trading company with the Masama coal mine located in the Mmamabula Coalfield of Botswana has…
Botswana Diamonds to acquire KX36 Diamond discovery
Botswana Diamonds has agreed to acquire the KX36 Diamond discovery in Botswana, along with two adjacent Prospecting Licences and a…
Concor paves the way for remote Botswana mine
Tackling the demanding conditions of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert, Concor Infrastructure is nearing completion of a 35 km access road for…
Renaissance lines up Botswana, amid Mexican gloom
Renaissance Oil Corp. has lined up an entry into Botswana in a bid to diversify its focus away from Mexico.…
Lucara revises plans for Karowe’s P6bn underground project
Lucara Diamond is reworking its $514 million (P6.2 billion) plans for an underground mine, moving key works to next year…
Copper exports make surprise return
Botswana exported P280.3 million in copper in March, marking the first major sales of the base metal since major producer,…
Copper Belt exploration enables diversification
Renewed exploration interest – improvements in exploration techniques have resulted in a pipeline of exploration projects Renewed exploration interest in…
Russia, Congo, Botswana hold 80% of global diamond reserves
Russia’s Alrosa is the only major diamond company currently producing in Angola via its stake in the Catoca mine (pictured)…
Kavango Resources outlines next steps for its highly prospective Botswana project
Kavango Resources PLC (LON:KAV) Chief Executive, Michael Foster says he expects his team to make significant progress validating the thesis…
De Beers Offers 100% Deferrals at May Sight
De Beers is allowing rough-diamond customers to skip all purchases at next week’s sight, as shutdowns of manufacturing and retail…
Expert tells Botswana to stop exporting raw minerals
International Mineral processing expert, Dr Vaikuntam Lakshmanan of Canada’s Process Research (ORTECH), has called on Botswana to seriously consider processing…
Funders rally around Botswana’s coal dreams
Glimmer of hope for Botswana’s coal dreams The Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security Minister, Lefoko Moagi says contact…