Botswana pulls out of $279 million Norilsk nickel-mine deal

Image of a cheetah at sunset, in Botswana’s Okavango-Delta region, by Arturo de Frias Marques.

Botswana withdrew its decision to buy a 50 percent stake in South Africa’s Nkomati mine from GMK Norilsk Nickel PJSC because it can’t afford the price tag of just under 3 billion pula ($279 million).

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