Production and Investment Forecasts in the Botswana Mining

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This research service covers trends and forecasts for Botswana's mining industry from 2006 to 2014. The base year for this study is 2009 and the forecast period is from 2010 to 2014. The research service begins with a high level analysis of Botswana's economy and mining industry. The second section discusses the Botswana mining industry's key challenges, market drivers and restraints. The third section discusses historic production and supply trends of key mineral commodities in Botswana. The fourth section provides an assessment of investment patterns for key mineral commodities. The study concludes with the provision of production and investment forecasts for the Botswana mining industry from 2010 and 2014.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 16

Introduction 17

Industry Challenges 18

Market Drivers and Restraints 19

Production Analysis 20

Investment Analysis 22

Conclusion 23 Research Scope and Objectives 24

Aims and Objectives 25

Research Methodology 27

Botswana Mining Industry 28

Introduction 29

Overview of Botswana's Economy 30

Introduction to the Botswana Mining Industry 34

Key Company Profiles 36 Market Dynamics 39

Industry Challenges 40

Market Drivers 49

Market Restraints 54

Botswana Mining Industry Production Trends 59

Botswana's Diamond Mining Industry 60

Botswana Diamond Mining Industry Export Sales 65

Botswana Diamond Mining Industry Pricing Trends 67

Botswana Coal Mining Industry 68

Botswana Copper Mining Industry 69

Botswana Nickel Mining Industry 70 Botswana Mining Industry Forecasts 71

Diamond Mining Industry Production Forecasts 72

Diamond Export Sales Forecasts 78

Diamond Price Forecasts 79

Botswana Coal Mining Industry Forecasts 80

Botswana Copper Mining Industry Forecasts 81

Botswana Nickel Mining Industry Forecasts 82

Botswana Investment Trends Analysis and Forecasts 83

Overview 84

Debswana 85

Tati Nickel 92

BCL 101

African Diamonds 102

Other Mining Companies 103

Conclusion 104

About Frost & Sullivan 109

List of Figures

Mining Industry: Key Market Participants (Botswana), 2009 17

Mining Industry: Production Output (Botswana), 2009 20

Mining Industry: Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 20

Mining Industry: Key Capital Investment Projects (Botswana), 2009-2014 22

Mining Industry: GDP Revenues (Botswana), 2006-2009 30

Mining Industry: GDP Growth Rates (Botswana), 2006-2009 31

Mining Industry: GDP Sector Revenue Shares (Botswana), 2009 32

Mining Industry: Key Mining Companies (Botswana), 2009 34

Mining Industry: Debswana's Mines (Botswana), 2009 36

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel's Mines (Botswana), 2009 37

Mining Industry: BCL's Mines (Botswana), 2009 38

Mining Industry: Impact of Top Seven Industry Challenges (Botswana), 2010-2014 41

Mining Industry: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (Botswana), 2010-2014 49

Mining Industry: Market Restraints Ranked in Order of Impact (Botswana), 2010-2014 54

Mining Industry: Diamond Production Output (Botswana), 2006-2009 60

Mining Industry: Diamond Production Value (Botswana), 2006-2009 61

Mining Industry: Diamond Production Output by Mine (Botswana), 2006-2009 62

Mining Industry: Diamond Mine Production Shares (Botswana), 2006-2009 64

Mining Industry: Diamond Exports (Botswana), 2006-2009 65

Mining Industry: Diamond Export Revenues (Botswana), 2006-2009 66

Mining Industry: Diamond Selling Prices (Botswana), 2006-2009 67

Mining Industry: Coal Production Output (Botswana), 2006-2009 68

Mining Industry: Copper Production Output (Botswana), 2006-2009 69

Mining Industry: Nickel Production Output (Botswana), 2006-2009 70

Mining Industry: Diamond Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 72

Mining Industry: Jwaneng Mine Diamond Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 73

Mining Industry: Orapa Mine Diamond Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 74

Mining Industry: Letlhakane Mine Diamond Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 75

Mining Industry: Damtshaa Mine Diamond Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 76

Mining Industry: Diamond Mine Production Shares (Botswana), 2009-2014 77

Mining Industry: Export Diamond Sales Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 78

Mining Industry: Diamond Price Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 79

Mining Industry: Coal Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 80

Mining Industry: Copper Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 81

Mining Industry: Nickel Production Forecasts (Botswana), 2009-2014 82

Mining Industry: Debswana Capital Expenditure (Botswana), 2007-2009 85

Mining Industry: Debswana Capital Expenditure Share (Botswana), 2007-2009 86

Mining Industry: De Beers Expansion Expenditures (World), 2007-2009 87

Mining Industry: De Beers Exploration Expenditure (World), 2007-2009 88

Mining Industry: De Beers Stay-in-business Expenditure (World), 2007-2009 89

Mining Industry: Debswana Expenditure (Botswana), 2009-2014 90

Mining Industry: Debswana Expenditure Shares (Botswana), 2010-2014 91

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Capital Expenditures (Botswana), 2007-2009 92

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Mining Production Expenditure (Botswana), 2007-2009 93

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Concentration Expenditure (Botswana), 2007-2009 94

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Metallurgy Expenditure (Botswana), 2007-2009 95

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Auxilliary Expenditure (Botswana), 2007-2009 96

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Expenditure Shares (Botswana), 2007-2009 97

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Expenditure (Botswana), 2009-2014 98

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Expenditure by Sector (Botswana), 2009-2014 99

Mining Industry: BCL Project Expenditure (Botswana), 2010-2014 101

Mining Industry: African Diamonds Project Expenditure (Botswana), 2010-2014 102

List of Charts

Mining Industry: Key Industry Challenges (Botswana), 2010-2014 18

Mining Industry: Market Drivers (Botswana), 2010-2014 19

Mining Industry: Market Restraints (Botswana), 2010-2014 19

Mining Industry: Copper Production Output (Botswana), 2009 and 2014 21

Mining Industry: Nickel Production Output (Botswana), 2009 and 2014 21

Mining Industry: GDP Revenues (Botswana), 2006-2009 30

Mining Industry: GDP Growth Rates (Botswana), 2006-2009 31

Mining Industry: GDP Sector Revenue Shares (Botswana), 2009 33

Mining Industry: Mineral Sales Revenue Shares (Botswana), 2009 35

Mining Industry: Debswana Ownership Structure (Botswana), 2009 36

Mining Industry: Tati Nickel Ownership Structure (Botswana), 2009 37

Mining Industry: BCL Ownership Structure (Botswana), 2009 38

Mining Industry: Diamond Production Output (Botswana), 2006-2009 60

Mining Industry: Diamond Production Value (Botswana), 2006-2009 61

Mining Industry: Production Output by Mine (Botswana), 2006-2009 63