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Botswana
HB Antwerp nears diamond marketing deal with Gaborone

Announced last March (AI, 22/03/23), the Botswanan government's plans to [...]

Published on 24/01/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Botswana
Boaz Lev
De Beers
Debswana
HB Antwerp
Lefoko Fox Moagi
Lucara Diamond
Mokgweetsi Masisi
Okavango Diamond Co
Rafael Papismedov
Shai De-Toledo
William Lamb

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President Boko's election reshuffles cards in diamond industry

The bosses of diamond giant De Beers, which operates mines in Botswana, have had an initial meeting with the country's new leader and are delighted with the political changeover. But the state's deal with HB Antwerp, which wanted to market the country's precious stones, appears to be in jeopardy.

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Duma Boko at the Mass Media Complex in Gaborone, 1 November 2024.

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Botswana, the source of most of De Beers's diamonds, is challenging the diamond giant by favouring an Antwerp start-up to cut and market its stones. Meanwhile, its parent company Anglo American has put the group up for sale, to little interest.

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Botswana
De Beers' last negotiation points for Gaborone deal could undercut HB Antwerp

In its most recent talks over a new deal with the Gaborone government, the diamond giant is negotiating to set the increase of the state's share of rough diamonds against high performance targets. That could hamper the Belgian trader's rise in the country as it has to back the government.

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Botswana
Gaborone pressures Lucara Diamonds to re-engage with HB Antwerp

President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his mines minister are refusing to approve the termination of a distribution partnership between the Canadian miner and the Belgian trader, in which the Botswanan state is preparing to take a 24% stake.

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Botswana
Diamond trader HB Antwerp ditches CEO Oded Mansori

Botswana's diamond marketing partner has given the Belgian-Israeli industry veteran the boot. But the former executive of Steinmetz Diamond Group remains a shareholder.

Subscribers only Mining 20.09.2023

Botswana, DRC
Tshisekedi inspired by Botswana's experience with HB Antwerp

The DRC president used his recent visit to Gaborone to renew his acquaintance with Belgian diamond entrepreneur Rafael Papismedov. He has invited him to Kinshasa to help revive the Congolese diamond sector.

Free access Mining 19.05.2023

Botswana
President Masisi stifles debate on diamond renegotiations

As the government edges closer to clinching a new agreement with diamond giant De Beers and puts the finishing touches on its partnership deal with Belgian trader HB Antwerp, Gaborone has tended to brush off any criticism by attributing it to the opposition behind former president Ian Khama.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 08.05.2023

Botswana
Diamond trader HB Antwerp positions itself in Gaborone as alternative to De Beers

HB Antwerp is in talks with the state-owned Okavango Diamond Co over a diamond trade partnership, which the Belgian trader is hoping to show would be more profitable for the Botswana government than its arrangement with sector giant De Beers.

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Boaz Lev
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HB Antwerp
Lefoko Fox Moagi
Lucara Diamond
Mokgweetsi Masisi
Okavango Diamond Co
Rafael Papismedov
Shai De-Toledo
William Lamb

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