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This list of mines in Botswana is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
Tree map of Botswana’s exports in 2009. Botswana's diamond industry is very important to its economy. [3] Since the discovery of diamonds in Botswana in the late 1960s in the Orapa diamond mine, [8] these precious gemstones have played a very important role in shaping the nation's economics.
List of mines in Botswana This page was last edited on 19 December 2021, at 06:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
The Morupule Colliery is a coal mine located in Palapye, Botswana, owned and operated by Debswana, a partnership between the government of Botswana and De Beers. [1] The coalfield is composed of four main seams, only one of which, the No. 1 Seam, is currently being mined, using bord and pillar mining methods.
The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world, [2] and also the second largest in the world. [3] It is nicknamed "the Prince of Mines", [ 2 ] and is located in south-central Botswana about 170 kilometers (110 mi) southwest of the city of Gaborone .
Selebi-Phikwe (also spelt Selibe Phikwe) is a mining town located in the Central District of Botswana. It had a population of 42,488 in 2022. [ 2 ] The town is an administrative district, separate from the surrounding Central District.
De Beers discovered the kimberlite A/K6, but their early evaluation showed low economic importance, the mine having only a 3.4-hectare surface area. The ownership was transferred three times. In 2009, De Beers sold their 70% shareholding in the mine to Canadian company Lucara Diamond for $49 million. Later, Lucara acquired full ownership of the ...
Pages in category "Surface mines in Botswana" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.