From trash to trophy: Rehabilitation of mined land proves profitable

Botswana is a natural resource rich country; it is blessed with diamonds. Though they say diamonds are forever, the nation knows that this is just an illusion, one day they will be gone. As the country looks into other economic avenues, maybe China is not such a bad idea to borrow ideas on the re-use of mined land from.

China seems to have found a winning formula when it comes to staying ahead in innovative ways to push its economic status even further. The country’s latest move is the rehabilitation of used land after mining for lucrative tourism businesses.