Oppenheimer direction less clear as hazier outline emerges

The name Oppenheimer and Anglo American have been synonymous for 93 years. But it is no longer clear to what extent it will be so when Anglo celebrates its centenary in seven years. The 120-year-old De Beers diamond mining and marketing company...

Daily podcast – November 25, 2009

Debswana plans to extend the closure of its Damtshaa mine to the end of 2010; and De Beers and the government of Botswana expect to spend as much as $3-billion over the next 15 years to extend the life of the Jwaneng diamond mine.

Botswana coal-wash plant advancing to plan

Botswana mining giant Debswana Holdings has reported significant progress on the construction of a coal wash plant at the Morupule colliery.