BCL Limited, originally founded as Bamangwato Concessions Limited, was a mining company in Selebi-Phikwe in Botswana. It was formed in 1956 to mine copper.[1][2]
In 1959, an agreement, signed by African Authority Rasebolai Kgamane, along with Seretse Khama and Oteng Mphoeng, allowed BCL to prospect.[3] In 2004 the company changed its name to BCL Limited as parastatals in Botswana were separated from connections to tribes, Bamangwato being one of them.[4]
Following lower market prices the mine was shut down in 2016, making over 5.000 people unemployed.[5][6]
References
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- ^ Ekosse, G-I; De Jager, L; Van den Heever, DJ (2008-06-18). "Headaches among residents within the Selebi Phikwe Nickel-Copper mining environment, Botswana". African Journal of Health Sciences. 13 (3). doi:10.4314/ajhs.v13i3.30835. ISSN 1022-9272.
- ^ Machete, Mosadiotsile (2012). "A History of Coal and the Morupule Colliery, 1973-2005". Botswana Notes and Records. 44: 45–59. ISSN 0525-5090. JSTOR 43855559.
- ^ "BCL doesn't stand for Bamangwato Concessions Limited". Sunday Standard. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Nation still haunted by the BCL shut-down decision!". Botswana Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "6,000 jobs to go at state-owned mines in Botswana". IndustriALL. 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2022-05-29.