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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 …

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 …

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 …

Minister of Minerals Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Mr Lefoko Moagi has announced that all sand mining activities will eventually cease as a way of safeguarding the environment and curbing illicit ventures. He said this when addressing community leaders in Ramotswa and Taung villages on Tuesday. Mr Moagi, also …

Department of Forestry and Range Resources director, Ms Baitshepi Babusi-Hill has hailed Majwe Mining for sponsoring the tree planting activity, saying said it would come in handy to assist government to combat deforestation. Botswana loses about 118 000 hectares of forests annually, which have to be replaced to avoid deforestation. …

Kalahari Key Mineral Exploration (KKME) has also received written confirmation from the country’s Department of Environmental Affairs that the environmental management plan (EMP) has now been approved. The EMP covers planned drilling operations at the Molopo Farms Complex (MFC) project and represents the last formal regulatory step prior to the …

London-listed Kavango Resources has revealed that images from its computerised three-dimensional (3D) geological modelling of its Kalahari Suture Zone (KSZ) project in Botswana confirm significant similarities between the northern section of the zone and the giant Norilsk mining centre in Siberia. The giant Norilsk mining centre accounts for 90% of …

Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds seeks to raise £300 000 to fund ongoing exploration activities in Botswana and South Africa this year, as well as for additional working capital. The company has arranged a placing with existing and new investors to raise the funds through the issue of 50-million new ordinary shares. …