Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry
dc.contributor.author | Mbayi, Letsema | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-26T10:17:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-26T10:17:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-04-26T09:56:31Z | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Mbayi, 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/11427/19207 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mbayi, 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/11427/19207 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Mbayi, 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.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19207 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mbayi L. Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry. 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19207 | en_ZA |
dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.title | Linkages in Botswana's Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry | en_ZA |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |