Debswana in Jwaneng tailings plant talks

Debswana Process Engineer, Omphile Ntabeni, said plant construction would start once negotiations were finalised.  However, Ntabeni would not disclose the cost of the project since, he said, they were still at a design stage.  "We have not finalised the costs," he said. The tailings plant, estimated to handle over 30 million tons, has been in the pipeline since March 2008 but construction was delayed by  the global recession.

In a recent communique, the Group Manager for Public Relations and Corporate Affairs, Esther Kanaimba-Senai revealed that the project was awarded to an ADP/Firestone partnership in 2008 after a formal tender process.  However, she said, "the Firestone and Debswana project teams plan to conclude negotiations in relation to the proposed operating charges as soon as possible".