Earlier this year one of the largest ever single diamonds was unearthed at a mine in Botswana ... have been reluctant to invest there. South Africa comes in fifth with 80 million carats in ...

A 2,492-carat diamond was unearthed at Botswana's famed Karowe mine ... largest diamond unearthed to date, after the ...

South Africa-active Petra Diamonds (Petra) has entered into an agreement to divest its entire shareholding in Tanzania’s ...

Africa's largest gold mine has become one of the greenest on the continent. Kibali, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has set new standards in eco-friendly practices, with much of its ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

Mwanza and Rodriguez are on opposite ends of an $81.4 billion-a-year industry that links the mines of Africa ... in the U.S.—the world’s biggest retail diamond market—have stagnated ...

In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...

The mine is estimated to be one of the world’s largest by resource, with an estimated 628 million carats of diamonds at a depth of 600m. Rómulo Mucase, chairman of the board of directors of ...

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...

A prospecting and mining moratorium was declared ... origin and formation of the world’s largest diamond placer deposits on the west-coast of South Africa and Namibia. Erosion of the numerous ...