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Botswana Mining
Exploration company seeks out potential new sites in Botswana
By: Ilan Solomons 21st February 2014 Aim-listed diamond explorer Botswana Diamonds (BOD) aims to identify further diamondiferous kimberlite pipes in Botswana this year, chairperson John Teeling tells Mining Weekly. He says the company’s joint venture (JV) exploration project with Russia-based diamond company OJSC Alrosa subsidiary,... →
Explorer to publish first resource statement on iron-ore project
By: Ilan Solomons 21st February 2014 Diamond, base and precious metals exploration company Tsodilo Resources aims to publish a first resource statement for its Xaudum Iron Formation (XIF) iron-ore project by the mid-year, says Tsodilo Resources president and COO Dr Mike de Wit. “This will be the first step towards applying for... →
Botswana’s first international rough diamond sight a success
By: Ilan Solomons 21st February 2014 More than 200 representatives from diamond company De Beers’ 80 sightholder companies flocked to Botswana, in November, to participate in the country’s inaugural international rough diamond sale, commonly called sights, where they gathered to buy parcels of rough diamonds sourced from De Beers... →
Analytical service provider aiming to expand into Botswana
By: Ilan Solomons 21st February 2014 Africa-focused analytical and geochemical laboratory services provider to the mining industry Scientific Services (SciServ) aims to expand its African presence to Botswana – a development that the company will highlight at the Investing in African Mining Indaba that will take place at the Cape... →
Botswana Resource Sector Conference set to attract large turnout
By: Ilan Solomons 21st February 2014 Botswana based conference company Capital Conference’s Botswana Resource Sector Conference 2014, which will take place at the Gaborone International Conference Centre, in Botswana, from June 10 to 11, is set to attract more than 400 global delegates, says conference coordinator Emma Rynn.... →
Botswana’s burgeoning coal industry has potential, but challenges remain
By: Ilan Solomons 21st February 2014 Investors and industry stakeholders should take note of the growing importance of coal in the Botswana mining industry this year, as it could enable the country to diversify its exports, says strategy and communications consultancy africapractice associate consultant Sinethemba Zonke. He adds... →
Significant growth for Botswana’s mining sectors
By: Ilan Solomons 21st February 2014 While Botswana’s real economy expanded by an estimated 7.4% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2013, the mining sector showed the strongest sectoral growth, expanding by 15.6% year-on-year in the second quarter, stemming from a 19.2% year-on-year ramp-up in domestic rough-diamond production... →
DIAMOND DELIGHT Despite Botswana’s attempts to diversify its economy, the economy remains heavily dependent on the diamond mining sector
Company to highlight own brand, add new products to Botswana offering 
By: Ilan Solomons 21st February 2014 Local drill equipment provider Schwalbe will place greater emphasis on promoting its self-manufactured Orange rock-tool equipment range and will introduce new products to the Botswana mining industry to meet clients’ growing demand, MD Jonathan Betsalel tells Mining Weekly. “This year, Schwalbe... →
Project development company set for growth in Botswana in 2013
By: Gia Costella 1st March 2013 UK-listed Irish based diamond, exploration and project development company, Botswana Diamonds is expanding its growth in Botswana, with one project in progress and two new potential projects for the future. →
Botswana needs to develop nonmining sector – Minister
1st March 2013 Given uncertainties surrounding the mining sector, particularly the diamond industry, it is important that the potential of the non-mining sector be developed, Botswana’s Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo, said as he delivered the 2013 budget speech to the national... →
Water treatment provider assists mines in Botswana to treat run-off water
1st March 2013 Aim-listed African Copper boosted its third-quarter copper-in-concentrate production to 2 577 t, up 47% from what it produced in quarter three of 2011, on the back of increased throughput at its Botswana-based Mowana and Thakadu mines, the company reported in January. Ore processed in the quarter... →
Botswana cannot afford to take water risks – hydrologist
1st March 2013 As a semi-arid country Botswana cannot afford to take any risks when it comes to water management in new mining projects, says natural resource and development solutions provider SRK Consulting Johannesburg partner and principal hydrologist Peter Shepherd. →
Diversified junior completes mine scoping with positive results
1st March 2013 Diversified mining junior Hodges Resources, which is currently focused on projects in Botswana, reports that it is pleased with the outcome of completed mine scoping and power integration studies for its Morupule South coal project, which confirm the project’s financial viability. →
Botswana heads for diversification of resources, says geologist
By: Gia Costella 1st March 2013 The current level of diamond production from areas such as Orapa, Letlhakane and Jwaneng, in Botswana, cannot be sustained much beyond 2025, says principal geologist and director of Gaborone-based geological and mine consultancy Analytika Holdings Alan Golding. →
Botswana-based company sees growth for the mining sector
By: Gia Costella 1st March 2013 Designer, manufacturer, distributor and servicer of engines and related technologies Cummins Botswana is confident of the potential for measurable growth in the local mining sector, following the establishment of the $3-billion Cut-8 extension at mining company Debswana Diamond Company’s Jwaneng... →
Botswana mining companies upbeat about progressing projects
1st March 2013 With a stable legislative environment, backed by an eager government looking to grow its gross domestic product (GDP), Botswana’s mining industry has a positive outlook for the coming year, with a number of projects coming on-line. →
Organiser brings event to Botswana for second time
By: Gia Costella 1st March 2013 Australia-based mining conference organiser International Mining and Metals (IMM) Events, which forms part of the Informa group, is organising the second Botswana Coal and Energy Conference, based on the success of the inaugural conference held in November 2011. →
Botswana diamond mining holds sparkling potential
By: Nomvelo Buthelezi 2nd March 2012 The troubles of the global economy have had an impact on most industries and the diamond industry is not immune. Consumer market performance is mixed with the US and Europe remaining weak, while emerging markets such as China and India are motoring ahead with significant growth, reports diamond... →
Infill drilling encounters consistent high-grade mineralisation
2nd March 2012 The latest results confirm a high grade of copper-silver mineralisation continuous along strike at the South Limb South area. The drilling will allow for the conversion of more N143-101-compliant mineral resources from the inferred category into the indicated category →
Explorer sets sights on delineating maiden Jorc-compliant resource
2nd March 2012 Africa-focused coal-mining investment and production company Continental Coal hopes to delineate a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee resource in Botswana this year, according to a presentation made at the yearly Investing in African Mining Indaba, in Cape Town. →
Drilling identifies thick shallow coal intersections
2nd March 2012 Initial findings at Australia-based exploration company Hodges Resources’ Morupule south coal project in Botswana indicate 6 km of shallow flat-lying coal seams. →
Major multi-element and mineral alteration system confirmed
2nd March 2012 ASX-listed uranium, nickel and gold explorer Impact Minerals’ maiden drill programme at its Red Hills uranium prospect in Botswana has identified an extensive alteration system, which is about 1.5 km long and 1 km wide, comprising multimetal and mineral assemblages typical of those associated... →
Explosives manufacturer set to target Botswana coal projects
By: Nomvelo Buthelezi 2nd March 2012 AEL Botswana, a member of the international AEL Mining Services group, is looking to future opportunities in the country’s coal and electricity sectors as Botswana’s Coal Roadmap indicates an estimated 212-billion tons of coal reserves. →
Ghaghoo sand tunnel project 38% complete
By: Nomvelo Buthelezi 2nd March 2012 Work on the R67-million vertical sand tunnel at international diamond producer Gem Diamond’s Ghaghoo diamond mine is at 38% completion. →
Infrastructure challenges hinder progress of coal sector 
By: Nomvelo Buthelezi 2nd March 2012 Sandton-based coal developer CIC Energy is keen to export coal from Botswana but says the country’s government urgently needs to make a decision concerning the implementation of the Trans-Kalahari railway line project, as the coal industry needs to know how to plan for the future. →
Mine struggles with technical difficulties
2nd March 2012 The Aim-quoted diamond mining and exploration company Firestone Diamond’s BK 11 mine in Botswana continues to encounter technical challenges with respect to the liberation of diamonds from the secondary crushing circuit of the plant. →
Bonnyridge drilling programme under way
2nd March 2012 The first definitive drilling targets at mineral explorer Sono Resource’s Bonnyridge copper-silver exploration licences, in Botswana, have been generated from the interpretation of high-resolution airborne magnetic (HRAM) data. →
Minerals sector revenues to aid economic diversification
25th February 2011 With the output of diamond production set to decline over the medium term as reserves diminish, Botswana’s government has enacted a number of measures to ensure that revenues are used to aid economic diversification. This is stated in market research company Research and Market’s ‘Botswana... →
Conference focuses on attracting increased investment
By: Tracy Hancock 25th February 2011 It is expected that, from 2011 to 2015, Botswana’s mining sector will show an average growth rate of nearly 8% as new projects in the copper, uranium and coal sectors come on stream. This is pointed out in the Botswana Mining Report for the first quarter of 2011, published by internal market... →
$1m bulk sampling programme to start
By: Petronel Smit 25th February 2011 Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds will start a $1-million 11 000 t bulk sampling programme in the Orapa region of Botswana in March. Chairperson John Teeling says that the bulk sampling would focus on three kimberlites – BK5, AK8 and AK9 − and that it would take nine months to complete. →
Issuing of final engineering drawings under way for Cut 8 project
By: Tracy Hancock 25th February 2011 Engineering project house Bateman Engineering is in the process of issuing the final engineering drawings for the Cut 8 project, at the Jwaneng diamond mine, in Botswana. To date the project has commissioned a recrush conveyor system and mineral sizer. The company will have expended in excess of... →
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