The Rail Park Comedy & Wine Night is bringing non-stop laughter and excitement to the palate in Gaborone on the 1st of May at Rail Park Mall Food Court area with Botswana and South Africa’s most funny and acclaimed stand-up comedians. The audience will be treated to too much hilarity and great silliness from a variety of comics at the third comedy event to be held at the Rail Park Mall. The show promises fireworks as the mall is located in the heart of the city and thus is easily accessible to patrons who will experience top notch entertainment while…
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Outotec says it has agreed with Boliden on the delivery of zinc concentrate direct leaching and iron precipitation technologies and site services for the expansion of the Odda zinc production facilities in Norway. The parties have agreed not to disclose the contract value. Typically such solutions are worth EUR 10-20 million depending on the scope. The order has been booked in Outotec’s 2015 first quarter order intake. Boliden is a leading resources company in the Nordic countries and Ireland, and is currently investing in a capacity increase at the Odda zinc plant from 170,000 to 200,000 tonnes of zinc per…
WorldVentures, the company in business of direct-selling travel sector, has vaulted through the ranks from 65 to 47 on Direct Selling News magazine’s Global 100 list and placed 25 within a new category—the DSN North America 50 list. The announcement was made on Wednesday during the DSN Global 100 Celebration at the InterContinental Hotel in Dallas, where hundreds of direct-selling executives gathered to honor one another’s achievements. This is the sixth consecutive year WorldVentures has been named to the prestigious DSN Global 100, which recognizes major industry players on an international scale. Both the global and North America lists are…
fastjet says its operations in Tanzania carried a total of 56,808 passengers and achieved a load factor of 70%. This represents an increase of 66% in the number of passengers carried and a 3% increase in the load factor, compared with the same month last year. Punctuality for the month remained excellent, with 91% of flights arriving on time. This was despite increased aircraft utilisation with additional flights added to the network. Ed Winter, Chief Executive Officer of fastjet plc, expressed his excitement to see our passenger numbers continue to rise year on year by 66%. He said this clearly…
Despite suffering the worst accident in the history of the company in 2012, Debswana says last year was one of the best years as there were no fatalities and serious injuries recorded. The company said its pursuit of ZERO HARM continues with its safety performance comparable to the best in the world. Addressing his first media face-off since being appointed the company’s Managing Director, Balisi Bonyongo revealed that all their operations are OHSAS 18001 certified, which is a top global benchmark. According to Bonyongo, international mines are certified with this certification and shows that their operations in Orapa, Letlhakane, Damtshaa,…
Tlou Energy Limited says it has received a significant upgrade in Contingent Resources for its 100% owned Lesedi CBM Project located in PL001/2004 and PL002/2004 in Botswana. According to the natural gas explorer, the upgrade follows an independent review of the Lesedi Project by the certifier SRK Consulting (Australasia) Pty Ltd (SRK) of Brisbane, Australia. SRK is an independent, international group providing specialised consultancy services, with expertise in petroleum studies and petroleum related projects. In Australia SRK have offices in Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Sydney. SRK has completed reserve and resource assessments for a number of clients in Australia.…
Globally, the increased concern around public safety has resulted in the intensification of security measures for transportation of goods internationally. Businesses which trade internationally need to be aware of the security measures in place to mitigate the risk to their operations and their people. This is according to Oliver Facey, Vice President of Operations for DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) who was speaking in light of the recent announcement of three African countries, namely Sudan, South Sudan and Djibouti, joining the list of red countries, a classification which results in strict security measures being imposed on goods transported across…
Global investment in clean energy was $50.5bn in the first quarter of 2015, down 15% from Q1 2014, as deal-making slowed in big markets such as China, Europe and Brazil, new data by Bloomberg New Energy Finance has revealed. The data show fewer large-ticket transactions in the January-March period of this year than in Q1 2014. Financings of wind projects and public market equity raisings by clean energy companies were particularly subdued, although there were some bright spots, including small-scale solar worldwide and renewable energy project investment in South Africa. The first quarter tends to be the weakest of the…
Tsodilo Resources Limited said it has bought a Dense Medium Separation (DMS) treatment plant that will be used at its BK16 kimberlite project located within the Orapa Kimberlite Field (OKF) in the diamond rich Botswana. The company is currently completing the diamond core drilling program of 15 holes to a cumulative depth of 2,621 meters on both the main and satellite bodies of kimberlite BK16 in order to develop an advanced geological model. Therefore, in anticipation of the bulk sampling program, which is scheduled to start during the second half of this year, it purchased the DMS mobile plant from…
Pangolin Diamonds Corp. said it has been allocated three additional Prospecting Licences for diamonds at its wholly-owned Malatswae Diamond Project located 90 kilometres southeast of the Orapa Diamond Mine in Botswana. According to the exploration company, the three new licences are contiguous to the north, east and south to the original PL100/2011 and PL247/2014 Licences, and link PL063/2011 to the north, now creating a single 2,480 km2 block. “Pangolin’s exploration of PL247/2014 has recovered four diamond-positive soil samples as well as numerous kimberlite indicator minerals (“KIM”),” the company stated. “Several clusters of the KIM’s have features that suggest proximal source…