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

Natural resource-based sectors, including agriculture and mining, still account for, on average, 25% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the southern African region (SADC). This means that SADC member states’ continued economic dependency on natural resources and unprocessed commodities hampers the realisation of the region’s market integration goals and industrialisation. …

Moshupa Police Commander, Superintendent David Ramoseki said the ever-increasing illegal sand mining in Moshupa and surrounding villages was a great concern and disclosed that police were determined to eliminate the crime. He mentioned Moshupa west, Taueshele Farm area, Lotlhakane West, Tshaane and Sentsi villages as places being targeted by illegal …

Botswana’s rough diamond exports fell by 68 per cent in the second quarter of the year as the coronavirus pandemic hit demand while global travel restrictions hurt trading, this is according to data released by the central bank on Friday. The central bank report showed exports of diamonds from Debswana, …

MD and CEO of ASX-listed Sandfire Resources’ T3 copper/silver project, KARL SIMICH, reckons the company boasts the benefits of a large resource, with uncompromised mineralisation. Sandfire had for some time been investigating global opportunities in the base metals space. In the MOD Resources’ T3 project, it recognised the significant value from regional exploration already …

Global coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdowns and travel bans have crippled Botswana’s mining and tourism, the country’s primary foreign currency earners. This has led to a trade deficit, the difference between the value of imported and exported goods, rose to P4.1 billion in May, further eating away at the country’s precarious foreign …