Lansmore Masa Square has been ranked Gaborone’s best hotel according to TripAdvisor (www.tripadvisor.com), the world’s largest travel site. Of the 13 hotels listed as populating the capital city, Lansmore emerged number 1 based upon user reviews on the site. Lansmore Masa Square strives to redefine the hospitality experience of business and leisure travellers in Botswana. Nestled in the heart of Gaborone’s New CBD, Lansmore Masa Square has established itself as the preferred choice for business and leisure tourists, as well as locals looking for anything from a quick bite to a gourmet meal. “It’s quite an honour to be held…
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Million and it has been booked in Outotec’s fourth quarter 2014 order intake. Outotec’s scope of delivery includes engineering and supply of Peracidox® sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas cleaning system and a scrubber for the production of sulfuric acid. In addition, Outotec provides installation, commissioning and startup services. The deliveries are scheduled to take place in 2015 – 2016. Located east of Lima, the Cajamarquilla refinery produces refined zinc and the gas emissions from the zinc roasting circuits are processed in sulfuric acid plants. Outotec’s solution will reduce the refinery’s SO2 emissions and improve the quality of sulfuric acid produced…
Eskom said the first unit of the Medupi power station (namely, unit 6) is close to first synchronisation. However, the power utility warned that only step necessary before finally admitting steam to the turbine is to clean the boiler and associated pipe work from all scale, welding residue and contaminants, arising from the construction process. “Initially, cleaning is done by means of chemical flushing, which removes all major contaminants as well as any foreign objects, but this is followed by a process known as steam blow-through. Specific steam flow conditions are prescribed to achieve a minimum velocity and disturbance…
Barrick Gold Corporation said the Supreme Court of Chile has declined to consider an appeal of a lower court decision regarding sanctions imposed on the Pascua-Lama project by the country’s environmental regulator. An earlier ruling by Chile’s Environment Court found that the environmental regulator (known as the SMA) improperly determined administrative fines levied against Barrick for permit infractions identified in 2013. Barrick sought to appeal this decision to the Supreme Court, arguing the fines were calculated based on applicable law and commonly accepted legal principles. The Supreme Court declined to consider the appeal on procedural grounds, ruling that Barrick…
Lucara Diamond Corp. said its Senior Vice President, Anthony George has terminated his employment with the company to join Lundin Gold Inc. as Vice President Project Development. George played an integral part in the development and construction of the Karowe Mine which is currently producing some of the world’s most exceptional diamonds. “Tony has been an important member of the Lucara team since he joined the Company in December, 2009. His project management skills and extensive expertise assisted greatly in bringing Lucara’s first operating mine into operation,” William Lamb, President and Chief Executive Officer said. “We would…
Gemological Science International (GSI), one of the largest independently owned gemological laboratories in the world, said it has opened its 9th lab in Gaborone, Botswana. “After decades of just mining rough diamonds, Botswana’s capital Gaborone now cuts, polishes and sells the diamond which creates a demand for gemological laboratories and education,” according to Mark Gershburg, CEO of GSI. GSI has become a global powerhouse with offices strategically positioned to serve major markets worldwide. GSI opened another lab in Surat last month. “GSI brings to Gaborone the same high level of diamond grading, consistency and customer service we have in all…
De Beers Canada Inc. (De Beers) said together with Mountain Province Diamonds have entered into an Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) with the Deninu Kué First Nation for the proposed Gahcho Kué diamond mine. The project is a joint venture between De Beers (51%) and Mountain Province Diamonds (49%) located 280 km’s northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. De Beers is the Operator of the Gahcho Kué Project. The IBA puts in place a framework for De Beers and the Deninu Kué First Nation to work together over the life of the mine to develop economic, environmental and cultural programs with Deninu…
The 4th edition of the New York Forum AFRICA, the only pan-African economic forum to be held in Africa in 2015, will bring together more than 1500 business and political leaders on May 29-31 2015 in Libreville, Gabon. The theme for NYFA 2015, organized under the High Patronage of His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, is Invest in the Energy Continent. It will focus on the new dynamism in the continent, its entrepreneurs, economic and investment opportunities, the growing energy sector, jobs creation, as well as education and innovation, to draw up a roadmap for the…
Lucara Diamond Corp. said it plans to divest its Mothae asset following an extensive financial and economic review. According to the company, it has considered multiple development options for the asset and revealed that while the resource has been proven to be diamondiferous, Mothae does not meet the company’s disciplined investment criteria for its targeted return on capital and its forecast generation of long term free cash flow potential. “As a result the Company has decided to enter into a process of divestiture of the asset. Discussions have been held with the Government of Lesotho and they are supportive of the…
Outotec has agreed with OJSC Svyatogor, a subsidiary of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, to provide Outotec® Ausmelt technology to the Svyatogor smelter modernization in the Ural region, Russia. The contract value is approximately EUR 10 million which has been booked in Outotec’s fourth quarter 2014 order intake. Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company is the second largest copper producer in Russia. The Svyatogor primary copper smelter is currently roasting concentrate in multi-hearth furnaces and smelting it in reverberatory furnaces. Adopting Outotec® Ausmelt technology to replace the current roasting and smelting phases will improve efficiency and environmental performance of the…