Hilary Maxson will join the Anglo American board as a nonexecutive director and member of the audit committee with effect from June 1, 2021. “[Maxson] brings a combination of experience that aligns well with our business, spanning finance, the capital markets, energy and technology, gained across her executive career in
Mining & Exploration
Dual-listed Botswana Diamonds’ (BOD’s) acquisition of Sekaka Diamonds has been completed. Sekaka was Petra’s exploration vehicle in Botswana and holds three prospecting licences in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana − PL169/2019, PL058/2007 and PL224/2007, which includes the high-grade KX36 kimberlite pipe.
Following a competitive tender process, Petra Diamonds has sold the Letlapa Tala collection of five blue diamonds, weighing 85.6 ct in total, to a partnership between De Beers and Diacore for $40.36-million. “The result of this special tender affirms the very high value placed on blue diamonds, which are undoubtedly one of
An Mpumalanga coal mine is on the point of entering into an agreement before year-end to have its acid mine drainage water curse turned into potable water at no cost, Mining Weekly can today report. Recovered potassium nitrate, which retails at about R15 000/t and which is marketed at about
Namdeb, a joint venture between the Namibian government and Anglo American’s diamond unit De Beers Group, has been granted a holiday on royalty payments, the country’s mining ministry said on Friday in bid to save jobs in the shrinking sector. Diamonds have been mined in Namibia since 1908, but land-based
Lucara Diamond has announced the recovery of “an unbroken 998 carat high white clivage diamond” from its Karowe mine in Botswana. Credit: Pincasso In a press release, the miner said that the diamond measures 67x49x45mm. This is the second +500 carat diamond recovered in 2020. Year to date,