At this week’s international conflict diamond gathering in Botswana, the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition harshly criticized the global diamond watchdog for refusing to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Over top producer Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a schism has formed within the Kimberley Process (KP), a collaboration of nations, the …
Read More »
The African manufacturing sector has seen fractured growth over the past two years thanks to the complexities of the pandemic and its subsequent economic disruption. This is due to limited resources, impacted supply chains and the limitations of lockdowns, globally. In South Africa, manufacturing production saw a sharp decline month …
Read More »
Condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, has brought their sister company, Set Point Water Laboratories into the fold, adding a new division to WearCheck’s scientific testing structure. The water analysis company is now integrated fully into WearCheck, and forms yet another area of expertise along with WearCheck’s other services, which include …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
Botswana Mining Review Comprehensive Coverage of the Progress and Achievements in the Mining Sector