{"id":86247,"date":"2023-03-30T02:37:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T02:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2023\/03\/30\/botswana-to-buy-24-stake-in-belgian-diamond-trader-hb-antwerp-the-north-africa-post\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T02:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T02:37:42","slug":"botswana-to-buy-24-stake-in-belgian-diamond-trader-hb-antwerp-the-north-africa-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2023\/03\/30\/botswana-to-buy-24-stake-in-belgian-diamond-trader-hb-antwerp-the-north-africa-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana to buy 24% stake in Belgian diamond trader HB Antwerp \u2013 The North Africa Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Botswana authorities introduced Monday that it&#8217;s going to purchase a 24% stake within the Belgian gem dealer HB Antwerp, a transfer that&#8217;s seen as a doable problem to De Beers\u2019s dominance of the southern African nation\u2019s diamond business.<br \/>\u201cAt this time is the daybreak of a brand new period of a diamond business in Botswana as we start this journey with HB Antwerp,\u201d President Mokgweetsi Masisi stated on the official opening of the reducing and sharpening facility in Gaborone. The high-profile deal, which Masisi known as \u201ca recreation changer,\u201d comes amid uncertainty over Botswana\u2019s long-standing gross sales settlement with business big De Beers. The president additionally confused that Botswana should acquire extra from its diamond sources, for the \u201ceasy cause that the returns that include having management to promote our diamonds with worth addition, are a lot, a lot, greater than the returns on the gross sales of tough diamond stones.\u201d<br \/>In accordance with Masisi, each events \u201chave agreed to a strategic partnership whereby the federal government of Botswana will put money into HB by buying a 24% fairness stake in HB Antwerp.\u201d No greenback determine for the overall income anticipated to be generated from the 24% stake was given. Final month, the president indicated his unhappiness with a 54-year-old gross sales take care of De Beers that is because of expire on 30 June, wherein Botswana is allotted 25% of tough diamonds mined underneath a three way partnership. Botswana, which collectively owns Africa\u2019s largest diamond producer Debswana with world big De Beers, a unit of Anglo American, is transferring to discover different choices outdoors the partnership with De Beers \u2014 and the most recent take care of HB Antwerp may be seen as a part of the larger image. Masisi has even threatened to stroll away from the talks if Botswana doesn&#8217;t get an even bigger share of Debswana\u2019s output for advertising outdoors the De Beers system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Supply: <a href=\"https:\/\/northafricapost.com\/66457-botswana-to-buy-24-stake-in-belgian-diamond-trader-hb-antwerp.html\">north africa post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Botswana authorities introduced Monday that it&#8217;s going to purchase a 24% stake within the Belgian gem dealer HB Antwerp, a transfer that&#8217;s seen as a doable problem to De Beers\u2019s dominance of the southern African nation\u2019s diamond business.\u201cAt this time is the daybreak of a brand new period of a diamond business in Botswana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - 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