Via the Wall Street Journal, a report that MMG, which is nearly 68%-owned by state-owned China Minmetals, plans to buy the Khoemacau mine in northwest Botswana: Chinese government-backed mining company MMG is acquiring a copper mine in southern Africa for almost $1.88 billion as it looks to bolster its stockpile of a metal that is in […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Botswana’s efforts to plan for a post-diamond future: With the end in sight for its mineral success story, Botswana is in a race against time to transition away from the gems that made it rich. Diamonds, it turns out, aren’t forever. In fact, the world’s richest deposit […]
Read more »Courtesy of Semafor, commentary on how the West could head off the creation of new OPEC-like producer cartels for critical resources such as lithium by inviting mineral-rich Latin American and African nations to join the existing Minerals Security Partnership (MSP): Western countries should head off the creation of new OPEC-like producer cartels for critical resources […]
Read more »Botswana has a $60 million digital and innovation HUB (BDIH), called the BDIH Science and Technology Park, which is located strategically on a 57 hectare site, near the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and adjacent to the Diamond Technology Park in Gaborone. The focal point of the Hub is to provide state-of-the art buildings and […]
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