"When there is a rush, people come in, take whatever they want to take, and go, leaving gaping holes in Africa."
Lefoko Maxwell Moagi is a Motswana politician and educator. He served as Minister of Minerals and Energy in Botswana until October 2024, having been appointed to the position in 2019 by the current president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi. His term began on 13 February 2022.
"To keep the energy transition going, an increased amount of copper wiring will be required to strengthen the world’s power grids and to build wind and solar farms. Electric vehicles, which are now a rapidly rising source of demand use over twice as much copper as gasoline-powered vehicles."
"The Environmental and Social Impact Assessments and the engineering consultancy studies will commence this financial year."
"The project is at the preparation stage and is planned to be completed by 2025/2026."
"Some technical challenges were experienced in one of the boiler components and the deficiency in the design is being corrected after a root cause analysis was conducted to determine the root cause."
"But as we know…today the copper industry is experiencing a boom."
"I approved the acquisition of Khoemacau Copper Mining by MMG Group, which has committed to expanding the mine production and creating 1000 more jobs in addition to the 1700 currently supported by the mine."