Oppenheimer: Partnerships with Governments of Resource-Rich ...

Oppenheimer: Partnerships with Governments of Resource-Rich ...
IDEX Online - Israel
He described how Botswana, a landlocked and arid country, in 1967 was ranked the poorest in the world, also the year in which diamonds were first discovered ...

Gem of an Idea.

Gem of an Idea.
TIME - USA
Botswana, the world's biggest producer of diamonds, has proved an exception to this rule, raising its 1.9 million people out of poverty within the span of a ...

How Botswana Leverages Growth

How Botswana Leverages Growth
BusinessWeek - USA
There is perhaps no better example today than the African country of Botswana, which is looking to leverage its leading position in diamond mining into a ...

Commonwealth to Help Country Set Up Free Trade Zone

Botswana: Commonwealth to Help Country Set Up Free Trade Zone
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The Commonwealth Secretariat is providing technical assistance to help set up a modern free economic trade zone in a bid to diversify Botswana's economy. ...

Botswana to Name Preferred Bidder for State Airline Contract

Botswana to Name Preferred Bidder for State Airline Contract
Bloomberg - USA
By Joseph Balise April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Botswana will on May 5 name the preferred bidder for a contract to manage state-owned Air Botswana for three years, ...

Botswana to Name Preferred Bidder for State Airline Contract

Botswana to Name Preferred Bidder for State Airline Contract
Bloomberg - USA
By Joseph Balise April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Botswana will on May 5 name the preferred bidder for a contract to manage state-owned Air Botswana for three years, ...

De Beers Reduces Client Numbers on Lower Gem Supplies (Update2)

De Beers Reduces Client Numbers on Lower Gem Supplies (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
It includes customers who will buy diamonds from joint ventures that De Beers has with the governments of Botswana and Namibia. ...

Albidon says assays confirm thick nickel sulphides at Sunnyside ...

Albidon says assays confirm thick nickel sulphides at Sunnyside ...
Hemscott - London,UK
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Albidon Ltd. said drill assays have confirmed the presence of thick nickel sulphides at the Sunnyside discovery in Botswana, ...

Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Reports to March 31 2008

Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Reports to March 31 2008
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
ASX RELEASE 29 April 2008 Quarterly Report - 1 January to 31 March 2008 HIGHLIGHTS Botswana Copper Project (100%) Prefeasibility Study 7 Current project ...

FNBB Golf Clinics Pay Dividends

FNBB Golf Clinics Pay Dividends
Mmegi - Gaberones,Botswana
By Mqondisi Dube SELEBI-PHIKWE: The First National Bank of Botswana (FNBB)-sponsored golf coaching clinics are paying handsome dividends, a Botswana Golf ...

Letshego Makes Strides In The Market

Letshego Makes Strides In The Market
Mmegi - Gaberones,Botswana
Currently the company, which is a division of Micro Provident Botswana has clients across the board from the civil service and the private sector. ...

BTC launches GSM service

BTC launches GSM service
Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands
Botswana's state-run operator BTC has launched mobile phone services, making it the third mobile service operator in the country. ...

Mining Soars Under Mogae

Mining Soars Under Mogae
The Southern African - Toronto,ON,Canada
The Fraser Institute recently ranked Botswana 11th in the world for mining policy, environment and investment on its annual Survey of Mining Companies. ...

IAMGOLD Obtains US $140 Million Credit Facility

IAMGOLD Obtains US $140 Million Credit Facility
CNNMoney.com - USA
IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD" or "the Company") (TSX: IMG)(NYSE: IAG)(BOTSWANA: IAMGOLD) announced today that it has signed an agreement with a bank ...

DiamonEx says full-scale diamond production

DiamonEx says full-scale diamond production
Hemscott - London,UK
... the company said drilling has been planned for 19 targets at the company's Jwaneng project area in southern Botswana by the end of 2008. ...

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK BOTSWANA FIRST TO FINANCE SIGHTHOLDER

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK BOTSWANA FIRST TO FINANCE SIGHTHOLDER
Tacy - Ramat Gan,Israel
Standard Chartered Bank Botswana has become the first bank to extend credit to a local DTC sightholder for the purchase of rough diamonds from the newly ...

3rd Quarter Activities and Cashflow

3rd Quarter Activities and Cashflow
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung) - Germany
Any drop insales revenue from the weakening US dollar is offset by an evenweaker Botswana pula resulting in lower operating costs. ...

Diamonds: Botswana's Best Friend

Diamonds: Botswana's Best Friend
Forbes - NY,USA
But work taking place from Botswana to India, Mexico to China, goes a long way toward debunking this so-called "resource curse." Technology is helping the ...

Gem Diamonds plans new mine in Botswana

Gem Diamonds plans new mine in Botswana
Mining MX - Sandton,South Africa
[miningmx.com] -- UK-listed Gem Diamonds (Gem) intends developing its Gope kimberlite project in Botswana into a mine producing one million carats annually ...