BCL Limited explained

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

1. MIKESELL . RAYMOND F. . July 1984 . The Selebi-Phikwe Nickel/Copper Mine in Botswana . Natural Resources Forum . 8 . 3 . 279–290 . 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1984.tb00498.x . 0165-0203.
2. 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 . 10.4314/ajhs.v13i3.30835 . 1022-9272. free .
3. Machete . Mosadiotsile . 2012 . A History of Coal and the Morupule Colliery, 1973-2005 . Botswana Notes and Records . 44 . 45–59 . 43855559 . 0525-5090.
4. Web site: BCL doesn't stand for Bamangwato Concessions Limited . Sunday Standard . 13 June 2019.
5. Web site: Nation still haunted by the BCL shut-down decision!. Botswana Guardian. 13 June 2019.
6. Web site: 2016-10-19 . 6,000 jobs to go at state-owned mines in Botswana . 2022-05-29 . IndustriALL . en.