The country's education system has come under fire from the mining industry.

Despite Boteti Joint-Venture's AK6 project going to produce only about 1 million carats of diamonds a year, it will add to Botswana's total production and ensure the continued position of the country as the world's biggest producer of gem diamonds,

The move by Diamond Trading Company (DTC) International (Aggregation) to bring its operations to Botswana next year has been hailed as the single most significant migration of commercial activity from Europe to Africa in recent times.

Four international mining companies have expressed interest in operating the Bong Range iron ore deposit, formerly Bong Mines, the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy has disclosed.

Near-term diamond producer DiamonEx Limited (ASX/AIM/BSE-listed) announced on Thursday that all major civil works relating to the Processing Plant at its 100 percent owned Lerala Diamond Mine are complete.

Namibia's mining industry announced a bumper turnover of N$13.8 billion last year, representing a 13 percent increase.

the basin commission called for more active involvement in reclaiming old mine lands that discharge contaminated water into the river. Water quality has long been an issue in the anthracite region, due in large part to the fact that deep

2008 RAUCHTOWN â€" What do the seventh graders at Jersey Shore Area Middle School know about streams, watersheds, freshwater aquatic life and fly-fishing? Quite a bit, after studying the environment in class for a month and then recently spending a

Debswana has decided to focus on the width extension of the Jwaneng Mine pit for now, while still waiting for a detailed underground mining study.

The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria has condemned the planned increase by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Committee (NERC) of electricity tariff from six to eleven naira per kilowatt-hour with effect from July 1, 2008.

The Angolan government has formalised the granting of diamonds prospecting, research and recognisance rights, in the region of Luxinge, in the north-eastern Lunda Norte Province, to the State-owned Endiama company, a work that is to be carried out in area

The Angolan government formalised, through a dispatch in the State Gazette, of May 07, the regulation of granting mining rights on some strategic minerals.

Tanzania is set to witness an influx of several mining investors from Japan following the recent 'Yokohama Declaration'.

ZAMBEEF Zambia Limited has scooped this year's Copperbelt Mining, Agriculture and Commercial Show (CMACS)'s overall winners award beating over 100 other exhibitors.

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