Botswana's government wants to take a controlling stake in De Beers, the country's mining minister told the Financial Times ...

BOTSWANA wants a controlling interest in De Beers, further complicating Anglo American’s efforts to divest of the diamond ...

Bogolo Kenewendo told the Financial Times on Wednesday that President Duma Boko “remains resolute in his quest to increase Botswana’s stake in De Beers to ensure Botswana’s full control over this ...

This development adds a layer of complexity to the ongoing sale process of the diamond producer by its current owner, Anglo ...

The second-largest diamond in the world has been discovered in Botswana by a Canadian mining company named Lucara Diamond. It ...

Southstone Minerals also reaffirmed its focus on maintaining momentum at its flagship Oena Diamond Mine in South Africa.

NexMetals Mining (TSXV: NEXM) (NASDAQ: NEXM) began trading on the NASDAQ on Wednesday, opening at $12 a share with a market ...

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi holds the 2,492-carat diamond that was unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Gaborone. Credit: AP ...

Botswana is, therefore, keen to grow its mining economy by increasing the production of commodities, such as copper and coal, to ensure growth in its mining economy.” ...

Diamond mining and marketing company De Beers and the Botswana government have reached an in principle agreement on a 25-year extension of the Debswana mining licences, through to 2054, and a new ...

Overall mining output in 2022 rose by 8.2%. But this year, gains in copper and coal will not offset the decline in diamonds, for which Botswana is Africa's top producer.

The country’s mining minister Bogolo Kenewendo told the Financial Times on Wednesday that President Duma Boko “remains resolute in his quest to increase Botswana’s stake in De Beers to ensure Botswana ...