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Ana de Armas supports BIPOC jewellery designers through Natural Diamond Council partnership

Harpers Bazaar 18 Mar 2023
"I started working with the NDC in 2020 and I think it was a process for me of learning," De Armas tells Bazaar at the NDC's launch event in New York City, adding that she got to see how women in Botswana ran diamond mines and handled tractors, and essentially got to know the community behind the precious stones.Natural Diamond Council ... .
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Letshego, MCM seal P2.2bn deal

Mmegi Online 17 Mar 2023
Letshego Botswana has signed a five-year deal with Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) under which the microlender has committed P2.2 billion in funding ...
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Botswana aims to provide financial support to micro, small entrepreneurs

China.dot.org 16 Mar 2023
Under the deal signed on Thursday, Letshego Botswana and Morupule Coal Mine have committed to hiving off contracts, empowering and providing ongoing financial support to entrepreneurs, giving the potential for scaling up operations ... Even as Letshego Botswana and Morupule Coal Mine ...
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Luxury Alternative Investment Platform, LUXUS, Emerges from Beta and Announces Its LIVE Launch with the ...

The Galveston Daily News 15 Mar 2023
LUXUS Round Brilliant diamond was ethically sourced from the Lucara Diamond Corp.’s Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana, which produces natural, untreated, ethically-sourced diamonds, and was cut exclusively for LUXUS by Kwiat in a state-of the-art workshop in Antwerp Belgium.
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Kavango Resources to Log New Drillholes at Ditau Project in Botswana

Market Watch 13 Mar 2023
Kavango Resources PLC said that it will log additional holes at the Ditau Project in Botswana after the relogging of a drillhole amid indications of a potential presence of gold.
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The Fraser Institute’S Briefing On Their Annual Survey Of Mining Companies Underscores Insights For African Excellence

MENA FN 13 Mar 2023
(MENAFN - African Press Organization) download logo Botswana received praise at a Fraser Institute briefing on their soon-to-be published Annual Survey of Mining Companies held during PDAC at ... .
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Botswana intent on selling more diamonds without De Beers

Independent online (SA) 11 Mar 2023
Botswana will not drop its demand to sell a bigger share of the diamonds produced by its joint venture with De Beers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Thursday, raising the stakes in talks to renew a sales deal that expires in June. Botswana and De Beers mine diamonds under an equally-owned joint venture, Debswana.
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Botswana seeks bigger cut from diamond giant

Russia Today 11 Mar 2023
Botswana is pushing for a larger share of diamonds mined by the De Beers consortium, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Thursday. Masisi’s government and the company have been trying to negotiate a new deal for five years, and the president now thinks Botswana can make more money cutting and refining its own stones.
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Botswana seeks to sell more diamonds without De Beers

Business Day 10 Mar 2023
Botswana will not drop its demand to sell a bigger share of the diamonds produced by its joint venture with De Beers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Thursday, raising the stakes in talks to renew a sales deal that expires in June. Botswana and De Beers mine diamonds together under an equally-owned joint venture, Debswana.
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Botswana's Minergy seeks govt bailout after halting coal mining ops

Reuters 08 Mar 2023
GABORONE, March 8 (Reuters) - Minergy (MIN.BT) has approached Botswana's government for a financial bailout to settle debts owed to a mining contractor, which has brought mining operations at its Masama coal mine to a halt, the company's chief executive officer said on Wednesday.
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Masama Mine workers down tools

Mmegi Online 07 Mar 2023
Jarcon Opencast Mining Botswana, which has conducted mining operations for Minergy since 2019 when Masama Mine began operating, is reportedly owed tens of millions of pula by the Botswana Stock Exchange-listed company for its services.
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Minergy indefinitely suspends operations at Masama

Mmegi Online 07 Mar 2023
The move will affect more than 300 workers employed by mining contractor Jarcon Opencast Mining Botswana ... The Botswana Mine Workers Union said the contractor told workers the company was owed significant arrears by Minergy and could no longer continue operating.
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Mupane appeals 13th cheque ruling

Mmegi Online 07 Mar 2023
Mupane Gold Mine (MGM), a 100% subsidiary of Hawks Mining, has ... Botswana Mine Workers Union (BWMU) executive secretary, Kitso Phiri also confirmed the union will oppose the appeal.
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Quest for world's biggest diamonds gives De Beers a headache

Independent online (SA) 05 Mar 2023
To the southeast of the teeming herds of wildlife in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, an offshoot of the Lundin mining dynasty is extending its search for the world's biggest diamonds ... While Lucara's operations are dwarfed by De Beers, Botswana is using its sales model as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the No.
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Local notes: OLLI, GiveFest, Writers’ Colony

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 05 Mar 2023
OLLI. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas has announced the following classes.. March 6. The Beautiful Curse of Botswana. What I Learned During My 2022 Photo Safari. Botswana is home to one-third of Africa's elephants and the largest diamond mine in the world ... OLLI office, 1-3 p.m. $19 members, $34 nonmembers. March 7 ... Hobbs.

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