BCP wants more out of gov't-De Beers deal

The BCP has produced a position paper on the ongoing contract negotiations between De Beers and Botswana. The current contract expires end of this month.

"The BCP has, from inception, been consistent in advocating for Botswana to retain more of the benefits (investment, knowledge, technology, industrialisation, skills, and jobs) from its mineral resources and raw materials in general through extensive beneficiation," reads the position paper.