Mining in Botswana

Morupule Coal Mine

Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) is located on the outskirts of Palapye, Botswana, along the Serowe-Palapye road. MCM started production in 1973 as an Anglo American Corporation subsidiary with the main objective of to supplying coal to the then Bamangwato Concessions Limited mine (later renamed BCL) and BPC power plant situated in Selebi Phikwe.

1001 to 5000 staff

Debswana Diamond Company

Debswana is the largest private sector employer in Botswana, with more than 4 staff members. These are mainly found on mining sites, along with just over 5 fixed-term contractors and a small staff complement at the Debswana Corporate Centre in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital. Diamond mining operations are located at Orapa, Letlhakane, Damtshaa (OLDM) and Jwaneng. These four mines have contributed significantly to the economic growth of Botswana, as well as producing revenues responsible for lifting the country from one of Africa’s least developed to an international development success story. Botswana is now a middle-income country independent in means as well as name.Debswana is a key player in the national economy of Botswana.

5001 to 10000 staff

Lycopodium

Lycopodium is an Australian headquartered engineering and project management consultancy which provides a complete range of services for the evaluation, development, implementation and optimisation of projects across a broad range of industries. As its primary objective, Lycopodium focuses on consistently achieving clients’ aims across all project measures including performance, costs and schedule, HSE and within the community. The Lycopodium business model is based on providing superior quality services to clients by delivering studies, engineering, projects and maintenance advice that are fit for purpose and that exceed established acceptance criteria. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2004, Lycopodium has grown organically and by strategic acquisition, both of which have provided an expanding client base and access to new market sectors. Subsidiaries: • Lycopodium Minerals • Lycopodium Infrastructure • Lycopodium Process Industries • Orway Mineral Consultants To view our current requirements please visit

1001 to 5000 staff

Okavango Diamond Company

Okavango Diamond Company (ODC), is a rough diamond marketing company that is wholly owned by the Botswana Government. We offer our global customer base open access to scale supply of the full range of rough diamonds sourced from Botswana. With access to 15% of Debswana's run-of-mine production, ODC is an important supplier to the market with sales in the region of $500 million per annum.

11 to 50 staff

Diamond Trading Company Botswana Pty Ltd

Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTC Botswana) is a 50/50 Joint Venture partnership between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Group. It is the world’s largest and most sophisticated rough diamond sorting and valuing operation, with a capacity to sort up to 45 million carats a year. DTC Botswana sorts and values Debswana Diamond Company’s rough diamond production. Debswana Diamond Company (Pty) Ltd is a 50/50 Joint Venture partnership between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Group. The main purpose of the company is to mine and recover diamonds optimally and responsibly. DTC Botswana aims to facilitate, drive and support the creation of a vibrant, sustainable and profitable downstream diamond industry in Botswana through superior sorting and valuing practices. The downstream activities will add additional value to the local diamond industry through cutting & polishing of diamonds and ultimately manufacturing of jewellery which will develop core competencies for adding higher value

201 to 500 staff

De Beers Group Auctions

De Beers Group Auctions sells approximately 10 per cent of De Beers' rough diamond production by value using innovative online auctions. De Beers Group Auctions pioneered the approach in 2008 when we broke with 44 years of direct sales to hold the diamond industry's first online auction sale. It currently serves one of the largest and most diverse customer bases in the industry - from rough traders, manufacturers and sellers of polished, to jewellery manufacturers and retailers.

11 to 50 staff

Gidary Technical Solutions Gts

Gidary Technical Solutions (GTS) proudly delivers technical consultancy services in Engineering, Geosciences, Management and Projects primarily targeted to the mining industry but also ready to serve clients from other industries in the related fields. The company’s service capability ranges from basic deployment of additional resources, for example engineers or geologists to compliment their clients staff, to advanced and complex designs and digital modeling to have a greater control on resources and elevate business performance. GTS boasts a wide range of experience, knowledge and training that enables the firm to tailor their services to meet their client’s specific needs. At GTS, we believe that a key ingredient in the quest for an optimal high performing business entity lies in the organization’s ability to integrate and transform technical data across disciplines to business decisions that maximize on returns and enhance shareholder value. GTS’s role is to complement the client’s skill base and delve on the technical detail that they do not often have the resources or the time to engage in as they focus on delivering their mandate – the product.

51 to 200 staff

Poseidon Geophysics

Poseidon Geophysics (Pty) Ltd was incorporated in Botswana in May 1979, making one of the oldest geophysical contracting and consulting companies in Africa.Offering TDEM, IP, CR and CSAMT surveys throughout the African continent. Poseidon own and maintain a large pool of state of the art ground geophysical survey instruments for time and frequency domain EM, IP/resistivity, gravity, magnetics, refraction seismic, and borehole logging. The company operates three Zonge GDP 16/32 systems and have undertaken TDEM, IP, CR and CSAMT surveys throughout the African continent. Poseidon has four wireline borehole logging crews operational in countries throughout Africa, from Mauritania, Tanzania and Mozambique. The Poseidon Group have collected more than line kilometres of airborne geophysical survey data in the late nineties. Poseidon were also pioneers in the development of the triaxial aeromagnetic gradiometer system which has proven successful for kimberlite exploration and enhanced geological and structural mapping. Poseidon subsequently sold its airborne business to Fugro Airborne Surveys in 2001 Poseidon Geophysics own and operate three Scintrex CG-3 AutoGrav gravity meters including a MicroGal high precision meter. Poseidon collects more than gravity stations annually. Poseidon operates a dual frequency differential GPS survey system to provide accurate co-ordinates from gravimetric surveying and borehole collar information. Exciting new opportunity is now available to purchase Poseidon Geophysics. Enquiries can be made on the website

51 to 200 staff

Minergy Ltd

Minergy is an emerging coal mining company committed to becoming the supplier of choice to all coal consumers across southern Africa. The company owns 100% of the 390Mt Masama Coal Project in Botswana, located 50km north of Gabarone. Minergy plans to build a 2.4Mtpa ROM opencast coal mine during 2018, focusing on delivering coal to the regional market, including Botswana and South Africa. The company is listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, and plans to list on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in the UK during the latter part of 2018.

51 to 200 staff

Belabela Quarries Botswana

Belabela Quarries is an aggregate quarry situated just 15km from Gaborone, Botswana. The quarry was founded in 2003 by Neils Schultz, Constance Molefi and Blackie Marole. It was a minor quarry in the Gaborone area. Under new leadership, company procured new equipment and increased its production capabilities significantly. It is now the largest quarry in Botswana, by volume of material sold. Since the plant changed ownership it has increased its output from approximately per month to around of 45 per month. This catapulted the quarry to become Botswana’s largest in terms of market share and production.

51 to 200 staff

Gt Auto Clinic

GT Auto Clinic is an Innovative Mining and Engineering company affiliated to international reputable organizations for technology and skills transfer to international standards. Gt Auto Clinic exists to provide a broad spectrum of innovative, versatile and modern equipment that is suitable for multiple applications covering mining, construction, engineering and military.

11 to 50 staff

Morupule Colliery Ltd

201 to 500 staff

Ntshambs Holdings Pty Ltd

Our services include underground mining, Underground Mining Water solutions, Opencast Mining, Tailling processing solutions, Machinery Works, Drilling and Blasting, General Mining solutions and supplies, General Construction solutions and supplies

51 to 200 staff

Protech Mining

Protech Mining is your one stop shop for mining solutions. Our product range includes conveyors, underground safety, rock breakers, crusher wear parts, bulk handling and splicing technology. We are authorised representatives of R. Brunone, Tecman, MLT, Sub'roca and Tenmat in Botswana.

1 to 10 staff

Open House Management Solutions

Open House Management Solutions is a South-African based, Geotechnical Engineering and Seismological services provider. The company has been in operation since and employs skilled, professional consultants with specialized experience in the field of Rock Engineering, Numerical Modelling, Geotechnical Instrumentation, Mine Seismology and Geology. With our head office strategically located in Potchefstroom, OHMS is ideally situated to service clients in the Free State, Northwest, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and KwaZulu Natal provinces. With regional offices in Klerksdorp, Lydenburg and Witbank we are able to respond to the daily geotechnical requirements of clients. We are actively involved in geotechnical projects world-wide. In addition to specialized and mobile consultancy services, we also provide on-site Rock Engineering, Geological and Seismological services to clients by placing suitably qualified and experienced persons on the mine site. The OHMS team forms part of the client’s team and operates as an independent department on the mine. Continuity of service, continuous education and development, and ensuring proper career paths for personnel is our priority. The team on the mine is always supervised, coached and motivated by a senior consultant. This means that work performed on the mine is constantly being reviewed and verified by a highly skilled professional. Securing a service contract with OHMS avails the client with a source of vast Geotechnical knowledge and experience.

11 to 50 staff

Botswana Mining & Energy -Bme

Botswana Mining & Energy (BME) Conference & Expo is an event dedicated to showcasing the mining & energy potential of Botswana.

11 to 50 staff

Morula Mining Solutions

African mining services and contracting platform.

1 to 10 staff

Shumba Energy

Shumba Energy is a Botswana based and Botswana Stock Exchange listed coal and energy development company providing Africa with low-cost coal and energy.

11 to 50 staff

Tloaneng Quarry

Tloaneng Quarry is a Finnet Pty (Ltd) mining project producing quality aggregates for various industries and applications. We supply tonnes of quality material in Greater Gaborone area for construction companies and resellers.

1 to 10 staff

Xtreme Pumps Sa

Slurry pump, Submersible pumps, Zebra Tube- dewatering and containment, Valves, Vee belts, Pump gland packing

11 to 50 staff

Shumba Energy

Shumba Energy is an energy development company based in Botswana and listed on the Botswana and Mauritius stock exchanges. Shumba Energy is committed to Botswana, the country with the best credit rating in sub-Saharan Africa and a stable fiscal and political setting. We are the only Botswana-based- Majority owned and –operated energy producer. Having been established in 2010, it now owns a significant portion of advanced energy projects in Botswana and is uniquely positioned with its strategy to develop energy projects that are unaffected by the volatility of global commodity prices.

11 to 50 staff

Marung Development Services

Founded in 2007, Marung Development Services (Pty) Ltd is a citizen owned and managed company established by one of the pioneers of Explosives and Blasting Engineering in Botswana, Mr. Sebele Molalapata. Mr. Molalapata has extensive knowledge and experience in mining and quarrying, having worked in both the Government and Private sector. He has worked for some of the biggest explosives and accessories manufacturers and suppliers in Southern Africa (AEL Limited) and he has also worked for some of the biggest mining houses in Botswana and Southern Africa. These include Debswana/De Beers, Norilsk Nickel/Tati Nickel, and Leighton Contractors/Majwe Mining. Marung Development Services (Pty) Ltd offers a wide range of products and services of the highest quality, underpinned by our guiding principle. Such services include drilling and consultancy services on a wide range of Mining operational and technical issues. Marung has a subsidiary company, JSI Rock Tools (Pty) Ltd, which specializes in the supply and service of premium drilling ground engaging tools (GET), and together, these two companies are providing value added blasthole drilling services to one of the most successful diamond mines in Botswana, Lucara’s Karowe Diamond Mine in Letlhakane, and previously did the same for African Copper's Mowana Copper Mine in Dukwi. Vision To be the Mining Services and supplies partner of choice in the Botswana Mining Industry by 2021. Mission To unlock the potential in individuals and teams so that they can unlock the potential in the assets that nature and sustain MDS. Slogan “Beyond the Sky- Marung”

51 to 200 staff

Bcl Limited

The company mines and smelt

1001 to 5000 staff

Danoher

The Danoher group provides crushing and drilling sub-contracting services to the construction and mining industries in Africa.

501 to 1000 staff