Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry

dc.contributor.authorMbayi, Letsema
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-26T10:17:25Z
dc.date.available2016-04-26T10:17:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-04-26T09:56:31Z
dc.description.abstractThe paper aims to investigate whether Botswana is succeeding in developing a viable and sustainable diamond cutting and polishing industry as part of the Government’s mineral beneficiation policy. This paper also aims to examine the nature and extent of forward linkages in the cutting and polishing industry and what role the linkage drives are playing in the widening and deepening these linkages. The research questions are addressed through by primary and secondary data collection. The research found that despite the weak economic rationale for the beneficiation policy, in the last 5 years Botswana has succeeded in developing a diamond cutting and polishing industry with significant local linkages. The forward linkages are policy driven and their progress is being hindered by the limited downstream skills amongst locals. Botswana’s cutting and polishing industry appears to be viable as secondary data suggests that the manufactures are either breaking-even or making a profit. The sustainability of the cutting and polishing industry hinges on viable rough diamond supply to the manufacturing firms. Significant prospecting activities, the expansion of mines and the current strategy by the biggest producer to optimize revenue (by only mining diamonds when demand exists) could increase the life diamond mining past the Government’s current forecast of two decades.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMbayi, L. (2011). <i>Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19207en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMbayi, Letsema <i>Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19207en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMbayi, L. (2011). Linkages in Botswana’s diamond cutting and polishing industry. Making the Most of Commodities Programme Discussion Paper No, 6.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Mbayi, Letsema AB - The paper aims to investigate whether Botswana is succeeding in developing a viable and sustainable diamond cutting and polishing industry as part of the Government’s mineral beneficiation policy. This paper also aims to examine the nature and extent of forward linkages in the cutting and polishing industry and what role the linkage drives are playing in the widening and deepening these linkages. The research questions are addressed through by primary and secondary data collection. The research found that despite the weak economic rationale for the beneficiation policy, in the last 5 years Botswana has succeeded in developing a diamond cutting and polishing industry with significant local linkages. The forward linkages are policy driven and their progress is being hindered by the limited downstream skills amongst locals. Botswana’s cutting and polishing industry appears to be viable as secondary data suggests that the manufactures are either breaking-even or making a profit. The sustainability of the cutting and polishing industry hinges on viable rough diamond supply to the manufacturing firms. Significant prospecting activities, the expansion of mines and the current strategy by the biggest producer to optimize revenue (by only mining diamonds when demand exists) could increase the life diamond mining past the Government’s current forecast of two decades. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry TI - Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19207 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19207
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMbayi L. Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry. 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19207en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleLinkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industryen_ZA
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