Technological innovation is critical to the future of the mining and exploration industry in Africa, as it helps miners, explorers and developers to find new deposits and make current deposits... 

Welcome to the world of JA Engineering, where innovation meets excellence. Founded in 1987, JA Engineering (JAE) has been a trailblazer in the mining equipment industry for nearly four decades.... 

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a global leader in equipment, tools and services for the underground and surface mining sectors. With an extensive portfolio, the company provides advanced... 

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals Corp has secured a 50-year special economic zone (SEZ) investor licence for its battery-grade manganese commercial plant site, in Botswana. The licence designates... 

Since 2020, South Africa has lost around 50% of its crude oil refining capacity due to refineries having been decommissioned or converted into storage facilities. South Africa currently has only... 

Cape Town Air Access, a public-private initiative headed by Western Cape trade, tourism and investment promotion agency Wesgro, has announced that Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) chalked up... 

Distressed JSE-listed sugar producer Tongaat Hulett is set to sell 33.3% of the issued share capital and the claims for repayment of the shareholder loans in Tongaat Hulett (Botswana) to Ball... 

UK Minister for Africa Baron Raymond Edward Harry Collins of Highbury has made a diplomatic visit to the Jwaneng diamond mine, in Botswana, operated by Debswana. The visit served to highlight the... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister Narend Singh has noted the critical need for collaboration among countries in the Southern African region to address pressing environmental... 

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has applied for three prospecting licences to secure key anomalies identified by its recent AI-driven exploration programme. The company’s AI analysis, which was... 

Rwanda-based Africa Solar Industry Association (Afsia) notes in its latest ‘Africa Solar Outlook’ report that between 400 GW and 600 GW of solar capacity was installed, globally, in 2024, marking a... 

 Botswana's economy is expected to grow 3% to 4% in 2025 after a contraction last year, a senior government official said at a budget workshop on Friday, as the global diamond market is anticipated... 

Botswana has renewed two of London-listed Botswana Diamonds’ prospecting licences  – 224/2007 and 169/2019 – for two years until December 31, 2026. The licences include the KX36 discovery, as well... 

Oil and gas company Shell South Africa’s Alberton depot is pursuing sustainability through projects, including solar and battery power, and capacitation for biofuels.  

South Africa suspended operations at a key border crossing with Botswana after heavy rains caused flooding. Water levels reached a point where it “significantly compromises the safe and efficient... 

Renewable energy provider Scatec has reached financial close for the second 60 MW of the 120 MW Mmadinare solar complex in Botswana, setting the stage for construction to begin. Scatec signed a... 

Canada-headquartered Lucara Diamond Corp has named the 2 488 ct diamond recovered at its Karowe mine, in Botswana, in August Motswedi, which means a water spring or the flow of underground water... 

Africa-focused battery metals investment and exploration company Marula Mining has decided to withdraw from its planned exploration and project acquisition activities in Zimbabwe. The company,... 

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals, developer of the K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, sponsored the 2024 Commemoration of International Disability Day in Kanye, which took place on... 

Exxaro Resources has held talks with the owner of one of South Africa’s largest manganese mines about buying the asset, as the coal producer seeks to diversify its business, according to people... 

Lotus Resources’ recent infill drill programme at Letlhakane has successfully converted a significant portion of the inferred mineral resources into the indicated mineral resource category. 

As another tumultuous year closes, global political tectonic plates are still shifting, causing political earthquakes and violent eruptions across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The... 

Pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies has completed its fibre network extension from Ramatlabama to Ramokgwebana. The enhanced independent network spans over 730 km, marking... 

Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has analysed and evaluated nearly 400 000 km of airborne geophysical and other exploration data using AI techniques and powerful computing, which would otherwise have... 

ASX-listed Lotus Resources is refining its leadership structure as it advances toward the planned restart of its Kayelekera uranium project in Malawi by the third quarter of 2025. Greg Bittar, who... 

Development finance institution (DFI) the African Development Bank (AfDB) has released the first tranche of four of its $1-billion loan to State-owned Transnet as part of a financing arrangement to... 

Sweden-based development financier SwedFund has partnered with Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) to accelerate renewable energy development in Southern Africa. As a starting... 

Diamond miner De Beers Group has announces the winners of the 2024 Shining Light Awards, a jewellery design competition for designers from the countries where De Beers recovers diamonds, including... 

ASX-listed Lotus Resources’ recent infill drill programme has successfully converted a significant portion of the inferred mineral resources at the Letlhakane uranium project, in Botswana, into the... 

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has approved the environmental authorisation for one of two mining permit applications on the Thorny River project. 

Diamond producer Lucara Diamond Corp expects to sell between 400 000 ct and 420 000 ct in 2025 for a total diamond revenue of $195-million to $225-million. CEO William Lamb said in an operational... 

Metallurgy and process engineering company Multotec recently completed construction of its new R100-million screening media factory to consolidate its South African injection-moulded polyurethane... 

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has approved the environmental authorisation for one of two mining permit applications submitted by Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds on the... 

Major African diamond producer Botswana will join Antwerp as an origin certifier of rough diamonds for export to the G7 which banned imports of Russian stones from the start of this year, a joint... 

Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has received environmental authorisation from the Botswana Department of Environmental Affairs and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism to drill its two targets in... 

South Africa makes the purest manganese metal in the world. Not even China is able to South Africa's 99.9%-pure outcome. Moreover, South Africa’s way of turning that ultra-pure metal into battery... 

Lotus Resources plans to develop one of the biggest uranium deposits in Botswana. 

Lucara Diamond Corp has reported significant progress at the project. 

Most African central banks weighing interest rates over the next three weeks are set to lower them, wary that the window to ease further may narrow after Donald Trump becomes US president. Of the... 

JSE-listed cement and construction materials company PPC has started working on the second phase of its turnaround strategy, with the benefits of its first phase evident in its results for the six... 

In this article, policy adviser and former De Beers Botswana CEO Sheila Khama writes about De Beers' exploration in Angola and asks whether Botswana should be concerned. On October 23, De Beers... 

Lotus Resources has completed its infill and exploration drilling programmes at the project.