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 ...

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

Diamonds still fund budgets, towns and jobs across Africa. They shape government choices and household incomes.

Diamond producer De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) chairperson Barend Petersen has urged the South African diamond industry ...

Botswana is seeking a greater interest in De Beers, and Angola is seeking an interest too. To the mind of diamond luminary ...

A diamond miner works in a mine in Mbuji Mayi, Congo, July 31, 2006 (AP photo by Schalk van Zuydam). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) ...

Lucara estimates that its Karowe mine accounts for 0.3% to 0.4% of global diamond production. The world’s largest diamond was discovered near Pretoria, South Africa in 1905 when Frederick Wells, a ...

Mining companies must now sell a 24% stake in new concessions to local investors if the government chooses not to buy the ...

Petra Diamonds ( ($GB:PDL) ) has provided an announcement. Petra Diamonds has announced the publication of a prospectus related to a fully ...

Despite the historically low input costs, South Africa’s mining sector recorded a drop in production in August 2025.