Botswana Diamond Mines in South Africa

Botswana Diamonds (LSE: BOD) has begun mining at Marsfontein in South Africa, as a proof-of-concept trial project that it expects will help improve operations at its larger Thorny River project. The company, headquartered in Ireland with 12 other subsidiaries, experienced “teething issues,” including plant delivery delays and adverse weather, said it’s now on track to…