Diamonex listed on BSE
DIAMONEX Limited, an Australian mining outfit, dual-listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange’s (BSE) venture capital board on Monday. It is believed that this move is one of the company’s avenues of raising money for its exploration activities in the country.

Workshop on privatisation policy set for today
BOTSWANA Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (BOCONGO) in collaboration with Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA) and Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) will hold a one-day workshop on Privatisation Policy in Botswana today at Tlotlo Conference Centre. According to a press release from BOCONGO, the workshop aims at sensitising NGO’s as key stakeholders in the privatisation policy and programme.

Harmony Gold to close unprofitable mines
AUSTRALIA: South Africa’s Harmony Gold Ltd may cut jobs and accelerate closure of unprofitable mines yielding 1.2 million ounces of gold a year due to the rapid appreciation of the rand, a Harmony executive said. “About half our cost is labour,” Harmony director Ted Grobicki said on the sidelines of the Diggers and Dealers mining conference.