GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana’s Debswana Diamond Company on Tuesday reported a fatality at its Jwaneng mine following an accident involving a crane and drill rig.
The incident, which took place on Monday, involved an employee of one of Debswana’s contracting companies, it said in a statement. Investigations into the incident are ongoing, Debswana added.
Debswana is a joint venture between the Botswana government and diamond giant De Beers, a unit of Anglo American Plc.
(Reporting by Brian Benza, editing by Nelson Banya and Kirsten Donovan)
