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How youth and natural resources can drive the continent’s global economic and social leadership now Celebrating Heritage Month includes introspection of what we have achieved, and where we can take our countries and continent to, as African people. Africa is facing a turning-point opportunity to become a global economic powerhouse. …

Canadian company, Lucara Diamond Corp. has entered into an extended diamond sales agreement with Lucara Botswana (Proprietary) Ltd, and HB Trading BV, for the purpose of selling +10.8 carat rough diamonds produced from Lucara’s Karowe mine until 31 December 2032. Lucara first partnered with HB in 2020 to sell Karowe’s …

Orange is exploring the development of 5G use cases for enterprise customers in Africa with a particular focus on the mining industry and ports. Orange believes that the network of 5G labs, which the Group is opening in key locations in the MEA region, is a strong differentiator for Orange …

By: Vassie Maharaj and Dr Vidette Bester- SRK Consulting   After more than a decade since the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights was ratified, the impact of mining and other industrial projects on human rights has become a centre-stage risk for financial institutions. Beyond a general …

Botswana is seeking to secure funding partners for a $2.5 billion plant to produce synthetic fuels from coal, a plan rekindled by the energy crisis playing out in Europe, according to its energy minister. The southern African nation has for nearly a decade discussed tapping its extensive coal resources to …

Shares in Botswana Diamonds PLC (AIM:BOD) have a bit of a sparkle about them after its proposed acquisition of a key project in South Africa received regulatory approval. The company announced in September that it planned to buy Vutomi which has the mineral rights to the Thorny River diamond project. …

Specialised Exhibitions, a division of the Montgomery Group, has announced that Electra Mining Botswana will not be going ahead in 2023. A strategic review of the local Botswana mining and industrial show and the broader vision that Specialised Exhibitions has for the expansion of Electra Mining Africa has led the …

In response to rising demand for the commodity since the start of Russia’s military incursion against Ukraine earlier this year, Botswana has commissioned a new coal mine at the state-owned Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) to increase its exports, according to reports. President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana officially opened the new …

Condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, is proud to announce that its Asset Reliability Care (ARC) division officially has Africa’s first and only CAT IV instructor, after technical and training manager, Louis Peacock, passed his final exam with flying colours. CAT certification is achieved through the Mobius Institute, a worldwide provider …

A thirty-year partnership between Terex Washing Systems and multi-franchise distributor, ELB Equipment, has led to customers in southern Africa delivering some of the highest quality washed sand and aggregates for use of many of the country’s flagship infrastructure projects wherever speciality and higher strength concretes were preferred. The advanced nature …