The past 18 months have torn through industry and sector globally, leaving behind complex layers of economic instability and financial growth uncertainty. For the oil and gas sector, these months have hit the bottom line like a hammer – as the African Energy Chamber (AEC) Africa Energy Outlook 2021 report …

According to figures released by the Bank of Botswana on Thursday, sales of rough diamonds in De Beers’ Botswana unit increased by 41% in the first half of 2021, owing to the reopening of key markets such as the United States and China. Debswana Diamond Company, a joint venture between …

The Botswana Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology, and Energy Security recently awarded Spatial Dimension South Africa, a subsidiary of Trimble, a hardware, software, and services technology company, a contract to design and implement an online mining cadastre system. Botswana Geoscience Institution is the contracting authority. Working with the local …

Kalahari Automation Distributors (KAD) has been appointed as a new authorised distributor in Botswana by Rockwell Automation. Botswana’s industrial terrain is fascinating, with an abundance of mineral deposits and a paucity of water, and it stands to gain from industry-leading automation and control technology. KAD is Botswana’s leading supplier of …

Due to robust demand and restricted supply, tin and aluminium prices are expected to outperform the rest of the basic metals complex in the second half of 2021, according to Antaike, a state-backed Chinese research agency. “Tin and aluminium are still much stronger than other metals, followed by nickel and …

Through its local wholly-owned operational subsidiary Power Metal Resources Botswana, Aim-listed Power Metal Resources has exercised its option to purchase a 100 percent stake in two gold/nickel exploration licences located within the Tati Greenstone Belt in Francistown, Botswana. “The Tati Greenstone Belt is an ancient Archaean greenstone belt in the …

Sturdee Energy, a Johannesburg-based renewables developer, revealed today that the Botswana Power Corporation, the country’s state-owned electric business, has agreed to buy the electricity generated by Botswana’s first two commercial solar projects. Sturdee stated it has started the permitting and project development process for a proposed 3 MWac solar facility …

Pix4D, the photogrammetry industry leader, today announced the signing of an exclusive reseller partnership with Beijing Skymap Technology Co., Ltd. a high-tech enterprise integrating software sales, service, research and development, and project integration in mainland China. With the diversification of Pix4D’s product portfolio to meet the specific needs of industries …

Changing the face of energy consumption and innovation demands big and bold ideas. It asks that organisations, sectors, and service providers invest in solutions that change how energy is consumed, created, and managed. And the mining sector has been meeting these big and bold requests head-on. This sector, facing complex …

Botswana has begun work on its first iron-ore mine, a senior government official said on Tuesday, as the country seeks rapid diversification from diamond mining. The African nation’s heavy reliance on diamonds, which account for a fifth of Botswana’s GDP and more than two-thirds of its foreign exchange income, was …