Botswana Mining Review Comprehensive Coverage of the Progress and Achievements in the Mining Sector

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 …