A state oil company official told a mining conference recently that Botswana plans to build a $2.5 billion plant to convert coal into liquid fuels as the diamond-rich Southern African country seeks to reduce its reliance on imported fuel. The landlocked country currently imports all of its liquid fuels, about …

Botswana is pursuing a number of green energy programs and projects as part of its efforts to transition from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based one while also creating jobs. This was revealed by President Mokgweetsi Masisi during a keynote address at the Botswana World Economic Forum (WEF) post-analysis seminar …

Botswana, Africa’s top diamond producer, believes a prolonged ban on Russian diamonds will allow synthetic gems to gain market share, according to the country’s minister at a mining conference recently. In April, the United States, the world’s largest market for natural diamonds, imposed sanctions on Russia’s state-controlled Alrosa, aiming to …

Rosondof Midrand, a provider of drilling technology solutions, has named Clement Rikhotsoas as its new Operations Director. Clement first joined Rosond as a project consultant in 2019, assisting with the onboarding of 27 state-of-the-art drill rigs and crew at Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore’s Kolomela and Sishen mines in the …

President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Tuesday that Botswana has been swamped with requests to supply coal to Europe, with projections that demand from Western countries could reach a million tonnes per year, as the Ukraine conflict compels Europe to look to Africa for energy resources. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine …

The Hexagon’s Mining division has strengthened its leadership in production material monitoring and measurement by introducing HxGN MineMeasure Detect, a 3D camera hardware, software and data solution. MineMeasure Detect enables real-time optimization for plant production with automated digital-image analysis offering continuous, accurate and rapid measurement of oversize, volume, rock fragmentation …

Instrotech is now offering OPTRIS PI 1M IR camera, especially suited to measuring the temperature of metals, as these exhibit a distinctly higher emissivity at the short measurement wavelength of 1μm than at measurements in the previously conventional wavelength range of 8 – 14 μm. According to the manufacturer, the …

Kibo Energy has entered into an exclusive agreement with Hasta Trust to jointly assess and develop a portfolio of long duration energy storage projects. With the projects held exclusively by National Broadband Solutions (NBS) in South Africa, which is 100 percent owned by Hasta, the initial target of c. 36,320 …

Electra Mining Africa, the continent’s biggest exhibition, is back after a two year hiatus due to restrictions. As exhibitions and events are now re-opening globally, Electra Mining Africa will be going ahead as a live in-person event this year. This comes on the backdrop of several other exhibitions, having taken …

Khoemacau Copper Mining have revealed that they will use the outcome of the current investigation to make sure that incidents like the one which claimed the lives of two employees will not happen again. This was said by the company’s CEO, Johan Ferreira. The company announced over the weekend that …