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Debswana's OLDM Mines Transform Education in Rakops Village with Generous Classroom Donation
Orapa, Letlhakane, and Damtshaa Mines (OLDM) recently donated eight prefabricated classrooms to Rakops Junior Secondary School in Rakops village as part of their Corporate Social Investment initiative ...
The first fossil thrips in Africa: this tiny insect pest met its end in a volcanic lake 90 million years ago
Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...
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Empowering Excellence: Debswana Fuels Academic Excellence in Community Schools
In the heart of the remote Mosu village, Botswana, a wave of excitement and pride filled the air as Mosu Primary School hosted the 2024 Primary School Leaving Examinations Top Achievers Award Ceremony ...
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This diamond holds a never-before-seen mineral that can't exist on Earth's surface
In the 1980s, miners in Botswana's Orapa mine stumbled upon what seemed to be an underwhelming diamond. Its greenish hue and black inclusions made it far from a jeweler's ideal. Decades later ...
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De Beers, Botswana formally sign new marketing agreement
Debswana, a 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the Government of Botswana, operates the Jwaneng and Orapa diamond mines in Botswana The agreement falls in line with an in-principle agreement ...
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Anglo American's De Beers and Botswana extend long-term partnership
and a 25-year extension of mining licenses for Debswana, the 50-50 joint venture between De Beers and Botswana that operates the Jwaneng and Orapa diamond mines. The mining licenses will now run ...