De Beers, govt finally strike deal
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Confirming the deal, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Potso Thari, told Mmegi yesterday: "The new contract will be signed on Friday at the Diamond Trading Company Botswana building."
The last agreement under which Botswana sold all its diamonds from Debswana - a staggering P20 billion-a-year business - to De Beers's subsidiary, the Diamond Trading Company, expired last December.
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