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Marubeni Corp. agreed to acquire South African automotive retail and services provider TiAuto Investments, marking the Japanese trading giant’s first foray into Africa’s automotive maintenance sector. The Tokyo-based company is expanding its global aftermarket footprint by taking over a business that operates 161 stores across South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, …

Botswana is launching a sweeping overhaul of its state-dominated mining sector, driving a capital deployment push into non-diamond mineral exploration, domestic downstream processing, and citizen-led supply chains to insulate the economy from a volatile global diamond market. The southern African nation, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, is grappling …

De Beers contributed an estimated P11.31 billion to Botswana’s economy in 2025, a figure that would signal resilience in most years. However, it comes at the end of one of the toughest periods the global diamond industry has faced and falls just short of the P11.47 billion recorded in 2024. …

Old Mutual Botswana is entering a new leadership phase following the resignation of Group Chief Executive Officer Priscillah Ndadi, marking a strategic transition for the business as it builds on a period of operational reset and alignment. Ndadi will step down effective 1 July 2026, with her tenure concluding on …

The Sibanye-Stillwater company is betting on proximity over depth. The JSE-listed miner is advancing seven shallow, adjoining platinum group metals (PGM) projects across its South African portfolio, all focused on the upper group two (UG2) reef, mechanised where possible and deliberately structured as low-capital-intensity, brownfield extensions rather than new greenfield …

Power Metal Resources Plc has commenced a 1,600-meter core drilling campaign at its Molopo Farms Complex project in southwestern Botswana, shifting its exploration strategy to target the geological structures controlling the region’s massive igneous complex. The London-listed exploration firm is aiming for a district-scale discovery of nickel and platinum group …

The Botswana Minerals PLC is repositioning artificial intelligence in exploration not as a breakthrough discovery engine but as a discipline tool designed to improve how decisions are made before capital is deployed. Speaking at Seequent Day in Johannesburg on 25 June 2026, Botswana Minerals PLC’s Managing Director James A.H Campbell …

Giyani Metals Corp. reported robust financial prospects for its flagship K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, marking a pivotal step toward establishing a rare, non-Chinese source of a critical electric-vehicle battery material. A definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the 100%-owned development project yielded a post-tax net present value of $481.5 …

The Minister of Minerals and Energy, Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, has commended Botswana Ash (Botash) for its operational stability and commitment to sustainable growth following an official visit to the mine on 12 June 2026. During the visit, Kenewendo received a comprehensive briefing on the company’s performance and operational outlook from …

Mining and mineral processing operations rely on the uninterrupted operation of samplers and centrifuges to maintain product quality and process efficiency. Samplers collect representative samples that are accurate and reproducible, while centrifuges enable effective solid-liquid separation, dewatering, and classification within a process plant. Despite their importance within the mineral processing …