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Botswana Minerals plc has successfully identified a significant 9.5km copper anomaly and an extensive 20km silver corridor through its latest AI-driven exploration initiative in north-west Botswana. The company, which maintains listings on both the AIM and the Botswana Stock Exchange, reported that early data from Licences 458 and 459 in …

Botswana has marked a double milestone with characteristic ambition, celebrating 60 years of diamond industry leadership whilst unveiling a medal sponsorship for the World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 that places Botswana-mined and finished natural diamonds at the centre of a global sporting stage. President Duma Gideon Boko officiated the diamond …

Babcock has appointed Deon de Kock as Chief Executive for Africa, effective January 2026, bringing more than 30 years of executive experience across the mining, engineering, industrial and energy sectors to one of the continent’s most established engineering and support services businesses. De Kock succeeds Roger O’Callaghan, who led Babcock …

A garment entrepreneur in Gaborone, BLESEDI (not her real name),represents a growing strain beneath Botswana’s long-standing reputation as Africa’s model of resource-led stability. Her factory floor has been quiet for months. Orders have been absent since around October last year as the business went through a cost-cutting transition, leaving production …

LH Marthinusen, a prominent division of ACTOM and a global leader in electro-mechanical repair and manufacturing, is nearing the final stages of a significant project involving the manufacture of two 30 MVA transformers for a major mining house in Botswana. This initiative was born from the mining company’s urgent need …

A presidential visit to Muscat has produced a package of agreements that goes well beyond diplomatic protocol, with Botswana and Oman signing deals on solar energy, mineral exploration and oil storage infrastructure that reflect a shared strategic logic as both countries need to diversify and both see the other as …

The global race for critical minerals has evolved into a geopolitical contest, where supply chains are no longer just about economics but about power, security and influence. Demand for minerals essential to clean energy and digital technologies is set to surge dramatically by as much as 500% by 2050, according …

After years of cautious adoption, mining electrification is entering a decisive acceleration phase and ABB believes the industry has crossed a critical maturity threshold. With validated deployments and significantly reduced risk, the company anticipates extensive electrified ore handling, particularly within the Battery Electric Fleet sector to grow exponentially over the …

Botswana Minerals, the dual-listed explorer with a presence on both the London and Botswana stock exchanges, has officially launched its Phase 1 work programme across a suite of highly prospective copper licences in the Ngamiland region. The initiative targets the underexplored north-eastern extension of the Damara Belt, a geological formation …

Botswana’s economy contracted 5.4% in year-on-year terms in the fourth quarter of 2025, with a catastrophic decline in mining output exposing the full cost of the country’s reliance on a single commodity. Statistics Botswana data released recently showed the mining and quarrying industry recorded a 47% decrease in value added …