Botswana to fast-track $4bn coal-to-liquid refinery
Botswana wants to exploit its huge coal reserves without adding to the country's carbon footprint
04 February 2020 - 20:16
Cape Town — Botswana, which has some of Africa’s largest coal reserves, wants to cut harmful carbon emissions but is committed to using its resources for a new coal-to-liquid (CTL) refinery set to come on stream by 2025, the mines minister said on Tuesday.
State-owned firm Botswana Oil issued a tender three years ago seeking investors to build the plant, estimated then to cost about $4bn, in a move to secure its energy supplies and diversify away from diamond mining...
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