The 1.2-million-tonne-a-year Lace mine is expected to produce more than 500 000 ct/y of diamonds at peak production. The Main pipe contains 33.1-million tons of kimberlite, indicated and inferred to a ...

Diamonds helped transform Botswana from one of the world’s poorest nations into one of Africa’s success stories.

Growing interest around the world for laboratory-grown diamonds poses both threats and opportunities for African economies that depend on their own natural gems. More and more jewellery lovers are ...

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For years, shy little Sir Ernest Oppenheimer left aides breathless as he raced down into South Africa’s mines or whisked surefootedly around the crags of high finance. “There’s a special place in hell ...

This week saw significant developments across Africa’s mining and energy landscape, marked by major investments, project ...

Loyd and Jayne Ervin of Jayson Jewelers Ltd. recently visited a diamond mine in South Africa. The Ervins participated in the underground tour of the Bultfontein Diamond Mine in Kimberly, as guest of ...

From South Africa's arid Northern Cape to Brazil's Amazon, industrial giants are under growing pressure for tax accountability. Researchers say without fair taxation, a green transition risks ...

South Africa’s Mining Industry Invests More Than R5bn on Employee Training, Focuses on Community Youths  Mining companies are ...

GABORONE, Botswana — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ...

South Africa's government said this week that they do not plan to assist as many as 4,000 illegal miners that are currently trapped inside a closed mine. The coal miners are currently located inside a ...