Property booms amidst Activox suspension

It was announced last May that the Activox Refinery project being built near Francistown by Tati Nickel, a subsidiary of Russia's Norilsk Nickel, was to be postponed indefinitely.
Francistown, which has been experiencing an economic boom as a result of unprecedented mining activity around the city and in northern Botswana, has been left uncertain about the future.

Hundreds have lost their jobs, prompting unions to remonstrate. They even lodged an unsuccessful case with the Industrial Court.