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Diamond producer De Beers said on Friday it had signed a new 10-year contract for the sorting, vaulting and sales of the diamond production of Debswana, its joint venture with the government of Botswana.
Source: Mail & Guardian Online
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Botswana will lift a moratorium on new prospecting licences for coal, coal-bed methane and related minerals by the end of September.
Source: Business Report
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Botswana's economy is likely to grow around 5 percent this year and next, down from 7.2 percent in 2010, due to a more moderate performance from the mining sector and a two-month public sector workers' strike.
Source: Business Report
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Botswana's economy contracted 2.2 percent in the first quarter, compared to the previous three months, due to a drop in mining output.
Source: Business Report
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Botswana has frozen the issue of any new prospecting licences for coal, coal bed methane and related minerals pending the finalisation of a new strategy for the coal sector.
Source: Times Live
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Botswana has committed 500 million pula in credit lines to neighbouring Zimbabwe to help that country's economic recovery, the finance ministry said on Thursday.
Source: Reuters
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping signed several economic deals with Botswana, the world's biggest diamond producer, including one offering the southern African country $6 million for development.
Source: Reuters Africa
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The world's largest diamond producer Botswana should cut its public sector by at least 25 percent to make up for potentially diminishing funds it will receive from the gems
Source: Reuters Africa
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