Minergy, a coal miner based in Botswana, has ratcheted up coal sales to industrial South Africa customers and has now set its sights on supplying Eskom. For a year now, the group, which is listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange and produces coal from its Masama flagship project, 60 km …

A Mining Centre (MC) has been set up by Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) in an attempt to improve appropriate skills to ensure easy industrial absorption for graduate mining students and also to provide services to the local mining sector. The goal of the BIUST MC is …

Organisers of the continent’s biggest mining jamboree – African Mining Indaba have announced postponement of the event, slated for early next year. Simon Ford, Portfolio Director at Investing in African Mining Indaba the decision has been propelled by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. “We are sorry to announce the 2021 edition …

Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently invested several million Rand in four brand new laboratory instruments for their flourishing transformer division laboratories in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. WearCheck managing director Neil Robinson says the company’s investment in the equipment has relieved some of the current sample volume pressure and reduced …

World Bank Botswana’s representative Guido Rurangwa, has stated that Botswana had approached the institution and negotiations were underway on the request for budgetary support. “The government and the World Bank are currently discussing details of the support, including the amount,” Rurangwa said in an emailed response. Botswana has approached the …

Finance Minister Thapelo Matsheka predicts that Botswana’s economy will recover and expand by 7.7 per cent in 2021 from the 8.9 per cent contraction expected this year, on the back of improved sentiment in the global diamond industry He said this during a recent World Bank online conference. Botswana’s economy …

A new mobile TIP-TITE® Drum Tipper with safety cage allows hands-free, automated dumping of bulk solid materials from 115 to 200 litre drums throughout the plant, with no dusting or danger associated with sudden shifting of contents. The three-sided carbon steel cage with safety interlocked doors is mounted on a …

Rock-related accidents have reduced significantly in recent decades, due in large part to incremental improvements in rock engineering practice. According to William Joughin, chairman of SRK Consulting and himself a leading rock engineering expert, the company’s contribution in this field has included assisting mines with reviews of safety practices, as …

Galane Gold Ltd has announced that B2Gold Corp. has provided notice that it is terminating the earn-in option agreement relating to certain of Mupane’s exploration properties in Botswana. B2Gold had last year committed to the second stage of the earn-in to a package around Galane’s Mupane gold mine. However Galane …

The spotlight is set to be on Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) at the Africa Mining Forum which is set to kick off from the 16-20 November 2020. A testament to this notion is the fact that the organisers of the event have also announced a unique digital ESG …