Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Botswana, DRC
Tshisekedi inspired by Botswana's experience with HB Antwerp

The DRC president used his recent visit to Gaborone to renew his acquaintance with Belgian diamond entrepreneur Rafael Papismedov. He has invited him to Kinshasa to help revive the Congolese diamond sector. [...]

Published on 19/05/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

This article is free

Create an account to read more

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

Mining

Set up email notifications for these topics

DRC
Bakwanga Mining Company
De Beers
Debswana
Etienne Tshisekedi
Felix Tshisekedi
HB Antwerp
HB Botswana
Lucara
Mokgweetsi Masisi
Oded Mansori
Okavango Diamonds Company
Rafael Papismedov
REM Group
Shai De Toledo

Botswana
HB Antwerp nears diamond marketing deal with Gaborone

Announced last March (AI, 22/03/23), the Botswanan government's plans to [...]

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 24.01.2024

Botswana
Gaborone pressures Lucara Diamonds to re-engage with HB Antwerp

President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his mines minister are refusing to approve the termination of a distribution partnership between the Canadian miner and the Belgian trader, in which the Botswanan state is preparing to take a 24% stake.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 06.12.2023

Botswana
First Quantum's departure a setback for Sese coal-fired power station project

The Canadian giant has decided to pull out of the Sese mining and energy project in Botswana, which was to have supplied electricity to its Zambian mines. The aversion of shareholders and partners to this type of project with high CO2 emissions was behind the move.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 28.06.2023

Botswana
Eunice Mpoloka to become mining baroness in Gaborone

Eunice Mpoloka has just received approval from the Competition and Consumer Authority in Gaborone to acquire 51% of Hoisting Solutions, one of Botswana's main drilling and construction rental companies.

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2023

Spotlight | DRC, United States
Oklahoma cobalt refiner eyes DRC's natural resources

KaLeigh Long, a former lobbyist from Oklahoma, has turned her hand to refining battery metals. Her contacts within the Republican establishment have helped her raise funds to build a plant in her home state. And her connections in Kinshasa have enabled her to forge crucial links for sourcing ore.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 02.06.2023

Westwin Elements CEO KaLeigh Long at the Cobalt Congress 2023.

Botswana
HB Antwerp diamond deal caught in political crossfire between Masisi and Ian Khama

In Botswana, a diamond partnership between Belgian trader HB Antwerp and state firm ODC has roused the opposition rallied behind former president Ian Khama after President Masisi revealed having been personally involved in the negotiations.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 19.04.2023

Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana, in Gaborone, 7 February 2023.

Botswana
Diamond trader HB Antwerp positions itself in Gaborone as alternative to De Beers

HB Antwerp is in talks with the state-owned Okavango Diamond Co over a diamond trade partnership, which the Belgian trader is hoping to show would be more profitable for the Botswana government than its arrangement with sector giant De Beers.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 22.03.2023

Botswana
Masisi uses Lucara to pressure De Beers for better revenue-sharing deal

President Masisi wants to make De Beers share proceeds from polished stones from the Debswana mines that Botswana runs jointly with the firm. He hopes their new arrangement will be similar to miner Lucara's deal with diamond dealer HB Antwerp.

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2022

Botswana
Masisi pitches to Dubai investors in bid to boost Gaborone diamond polishing business

Botswana is still struggling to have all of the diamonds allocated for domestic processing polished internally. President Masisi visited Dubai on 11 March in the hope of winning over new investors who might be willing to bet on the Botswana capital's future as a diamond hub.

Subscribers only Mining 17.03.2022

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi arrived in Dubai on 11 March 2022.

Set up email notifications for these topics

DRC
Bakwanga Mining Company
De Beers
Debswana
Etienne Tshisekedi
Felix Tshisekedi
HB Antwerp
HB Botswana
Lucara
Mokgweetsi Masisi
Oded Mansori
Okavango Diamonds Company
Rafael Papismedov
REM Group
Shai De Toledo

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa