Mining rumbles back to life

Stir it up: Debswana will operate at 30% capacity
Stir it up: Debswana will operate at 30% capacity

Following a coronavirus-induced scale down, mining activities are cautiously ramping up around the country, with about 55% of workers cleared to return to their stations.

Debswana, the country’s economic mainstay and majority employer, has been cleared to operate at 30% workforce capacity but BusinessWeek is informed mining operations there are still on care and maintenance.

Authoritative insiders at the diamond giant said discussions were still ongoing at the highest levels on when mining operations would restart, after they were suspended several weeks ago at the start of the lockdown.

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