Botswana Mining Review Comprehensive Coverage of the Progress and Achievements in the Mining Sector

One of the diamond industry’s most consequential ownership shifts is within reach, with Botswana seeking to increase its stake in De Beers from 15% to 30%. If completed, the transaction would make the country the company’s largest single shareholder, strengthening its influence over strategic decisions and the future direction of …

Mining companies are under growing pressure to extract greater value from every blast, improve equipment performance and protect margins amid rising operating costs, infrastructure constraints and increasingly complex ore bodies. Technology offers new ways to address these challenges, but its commercial value ultimately depends on whether better data and technical …

Aldoro Resources has taken a step towards advancing its Kameelburg critical minerals project in Namibia after signing a memorandum of understanding with WILLETECH International Investment that includes an initial funding commitment of RMB100 million. The agreement also outlines a potential development funding commitment of about RMB2 billion, to be deployed …

Investor interest in more than 5 gigawatts (GW) of potential solar capacity has reached Botswana, yet the country’s limited ability to move that electricity to market is holding the projects back. Vice President and Minister of Finance Ndaba Gaolathe says investors are willing and financially prepared to build solar plants, …

The value of a diamond extends well beyond its price on the international market. In Botswana, the drive to retain more value from the country’s diamond resources is increasingly being measured through jobs, specialised skills, citizen-owned businesses and the growth of downstream industries. These outcomes were in focus during a …