Botswana
The world's leading diamond economy by value
Overview
Botswana's economy is anchored on diamond mining through the Debswana partnership between the government and De Beers, with coal resources and a growing copper belt in the Kalahari.
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- Southern Africa
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- Gaborone
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- BWP
- ISO3
- BWA
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- BBB+S&P Global RatingsStable · 2025
Governance & legal framework
- Ministry of Minerals and EnergyMinistry
Grants prospecting and mining licences and sets energy policy.
Law · mining · Republic of Botswana
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Copper
The core electrification metal. African supply is concentrated in the Central African Copperbelt across the DRC and Zambia.
Coal
South African thermal coal and Mozambican coking coal remain significant export earners and power-sector inputs.
Diamonds
Botswana is the world's leading producer of natural diamonds by value, with Namibia's marine deposits, Angola and the DRC forming the rest of Africa's supply.
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Copperbelt growth keeps running into the power question
Expansion plans in Lualaba and North-Western Province depend on firm electricity, placing hydropower rehabilitation and imports at the centre of copper strategy.
Lobito Corridor volumes become the metric to watch for Copperbelt exports
The Atlantic route shortens transit versus east coast alternatives; realised tonnage will determine its strategic weight.
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African copper growth is a power and logistics problem
Grade is not the constraint in the Central African Copperbelt. Firm electricity and export corridor capacity are.
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- U.S. Geological Survey
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