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Operations resume at Botswana coal mine

Coal mining and trading company Minergy Coal has resumed production at its Masama coal mine, in the Mmamabula West coalfield of southern Botswana, after successfully entering a mining …

Botswana pushes for law granting locals 24% mining …

Botswana is proposing a new law requiring mining companies to sell a 24% stake in their operations to locals. Botswana is a leading diamond producer in Africa and second globally, after Russia. The proposed amendment seeks to increase the local stakeholding from 15% to 24% in mining projects.

Minergy is developing opencast coal mining expertise at …

Minergy has committed, wherever possible, to training and upskilling those at the Masama coal mine for opencast coal mining skills and beneficiation skills to remain in-country. This is a critical point as historically Botswana has vast deep underground mining expertise but very limited opencast and coal experience.

Botswana licences its first manganese mining project

GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana has awarded Giyani Metals a 15-year mining licence, the company announced on Wednesday, paving the way for it to become the country's first battery-grade manganese ...

Botswana Touts 24% Stake in New Mining Companies for …

While the Botswana government rarely exercises its 15% equity options, it owns shareholdings of that magnitude in diamond producer De Beers, Morupule Coal Mine and salt and soda ash producer ...

Jindal to begin Botswana coal mine construction …

Jindal to begin Botswana coal mine construction in 2022. The proposed mine is expected to have an annual production capacity of 4.5 million tonnes of coal. November 22, 2021. Share ...

List of Mines in Botswana

Our mining in Botswana database currently lists: 35 diamond projects. 16 coal projects. 4 uranium projects. How many mining companies are in Botswana? There are profiles of 26 companies including the country's largest diamond producer and largest private sector employer Debswana, and Botswana Ash, the only producer of soda ash and salt. ...

Fines Generation and Its Impacts at Morupule Underground Coal Mine …

The production of fines, which increases from the working face to the stockpile due to abrasion, is one of the most significant problems in coal handling. Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) is an underground, Botswana government-owned mine situated in Palapye town (Fig. 1). It employs room and pillar mining methods with continuous …

JOHDEE Mineral Processing

JOHDEE Mineral Processing was established in 2019 which services and maintains Masama and Morupule Coal Processing Plants in Botswana. Skip to content +27 13 690 1411; info@pentalin-group ... We are the leading coal processing solution provider for the coal mining industry. GET IN TOUCH. Pentalin Group of Companies. About Us; …

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‣ The Botswana Companies Act, CAP 42:01, as amended ("the Companies Act") ... southern African coal mining company. Minergy is a Botswana registered company …

De Beers confident talks will deliver a Botswana diamond deal

Anglo American Plc's De Beers is in talks with the Botswana government to extend mining rights that expire in 2029, as well as a 2011 diamond sales agreement that expires in June this year.

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As we look ahead to the future, Jindal Africa Mining Company is determined to embrace innovation and sustainability, becoming a pioneer in the mining industry's transformation towards responsible resource …

Basil Read and local Botswana company to develop Motheo coal mine …

Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) has awarded a 5 year mining services contract to a joint venture between Bothakga Burrow, a local citizen owned company, and Basil Read Mining, the South African based company, for the development of an open cast coal mining operation at the MCM, Motheo project. The BR-BB (JV) mining contract was …

Giyani gains mining licence for Botswana manganese project

Canadian mineral resource development company Giyani Metals has secured a mining licence from the Ministry of Minerals and Energy of Botswana for its K.Hill battery-grade manganese project. Valid for 15 years with potential for multiple renewals, the licence marks a crucial step in the project's development.

Masama Coal Project

Owned by Minergy, it is the first open-cast coal mining project in Botswana. Minergy acquired the project from Shell Coal Botswana and carried out extensive exploration and drilling on the property between 2012 and 2017. ... a company based in South Africa, has been awarded the build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) contract for the coal wash ...

A History of Coal and the Morupule Colliery, 1973-2005

Coal Botswana revealed that Morupule contained enormous resources of bituminous steam coal of low ash content and high calorific value (Baldock 1977:44). ... Rhodesian-based mining company, Rhodesian Selection Trust (RST), a large firm involved in copper mining in Zambia. The agreement, which was to last ten years, was signed in June …

MCM

Morupule Coal Mine (MCM), initially known as Morupule Colliery, was established in 1973 as a subsidiary of Anglo American Corporation. MCM has grown from a 30 thousand tonnes per annum via conventional drilling and blasting operation, to a single section 1mtpa continuous miner operation in 2005.

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WELCOME TO KALAHARI ENERGY BOTSWANA. We are a Botswana based mining, exploration and project development company. Since 2000 we have …

Jindal, BPC sign PPA for Mmamabula 300MW Power Plant

The company is planning to carry out initial mining of 4.5 million tonnes per annum of coal and also to undertake related infrastructure works to support the mine and the power plant. The Jindal's Mmamabula Coal Mine will be Botswana's biggest, just 300 000 tonnes above state owned Morupule which is currently on set to produce 4.2 million ...

MCM Journey

Contacts Our Headquarters: Palapye, Botswana Address: Morupule Coal Mine Private Bag 35, Palapye, Botswana Phone: +267 4920 251 Fax: +267 4920 643 Email: [email protected]

Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) : Industry …

The country also mines coal for power generation, while nickel and copper have been mined at Selebi-Phikwe since 1984. ... Any prospective mining company needs to go through a three-step process to begin extraction …

Exxaro sharpens M&A focus after copper mine loss to China

The Johannesburg-based company made it onto a shortlist for buying a copper mine in Botswana last year, but was ultimately outbid by China's MMG, which acquired the Khoemacau project for $1.9 ...

The Mining Sector in Botswana 2020

The Mining Sector in Botswana: Mining is significant contributor to Botswana's GDP, and minerals comprise almost 80% of export earnings. In 2018, Botswana was the world's second largest diamond ...

Masama Coal Project

Mmamabula

Location & Landholdings. Jindal's coal resource is located in the Mmamabula Coalfields of south-eastern Botswana, adjacent to the country's main road and rail corridor which links the country's capital, Gaborone, with its second largest city, Francistown.

Plant and Mining Operations » Pentalin Group of Companies

Pentalin Group's Plant and Mining Operations include various coal handling, screening and crushing plants based in South Africa and Botswana. Skip to content +27 13 690 1411

Botswana and coal

Coal deposits remain largely unexploited, currently there are only two coal mines.The two mines are Morupule Coal Mine in eastern Botswana which produces about 1.5 million tonnes per year and Masama coal project in south-western Botswana. The Masama Coal Project has a coal resource of about 380 million tonnes (Mt) and it is …

Mmamabula Coal Mine

Mmamabula Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Francistown, North-East, Botswana. Log in; Navigation. ... Mmamabula Coal Mine Francistown, North-East, Botswana -23.609295, 26.774952 (approximate) ... In June 2014 global mining company Anglo American bid for the prospecting licenses of Mmamabula South and Central blocks, …

MMAMABULA COAL

Located 145 kilometers north of Gaborone and accessible via the A1 tar road and 24 kilometers of the Dibete - Martinsdrift tar road. The Mmamabula Coal Project will produce high-grade coal for the export market and for the region. With the granting of the mining licence, the project is now fully permitted and ready to commence the project …

About us – Minergy Limited

Minergy is the holding company of the Minergy Group and the development of the Masama Coal Mine represents the first step in our strategy of becoming a mid-tier southern African coal mining company. Minergy is a Botswana registered company listed on the main board of the BSE, with a proposed listing on a second, international stock exchange ...