Diamonds helped transform Botswana from one of the world’s poorest nations into one of Africa’s success stories.
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Now that its 40%-owned AK6 project, in Botswana, was on track to start production next year, Aim-listed African Diamonds would resume evaluation work on its other ...
The world’s largest diamond was discovered near Pretoria, South Africa in 1905 when Frederick Wells, a mine superintendent, carried out a routine inspection at the Premier Mine. The 2,492 carat ...
(Reuters) - Petra Diamonds, which has the world's third-largest resource of diamonds, said on Wednesday it had delayed the sale of gems from its Cullinan Mine in South Africa until there was greater ...
Jwaneng Diamond Mine: While Russia is the world's largest producer of diamonds, and is also home to the biggest diamond mine on the planet, however, the world's richest diamond is not located in ...
The legendary diamond mines of Golconda are all gone now. Blame it on the demand for their extraordinary stones—devoid of nitrogen, their color has been described as “whiter than white” and “as clear ...
The products of new black-owned diamond beneficiation company African Romance would be the first African brand to stand alongside Gucci and Cartier, CEO Mohseen Moosa predicted in Johannesburg on ...
A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth's malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that form in completely opposing chemical environments — a combination so ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Lucara Diamond Corp. has agreed to buy exploration company African Diamonds for C$82 million in a deal that will enable both companies to benefit from the AK6 diamond discovery in ...