Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge ...

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 ...

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 ...

Botswana, the world's top diamond producer by value, has begun enforcing a new rule requiring mining companies to sell a 24% stake in new concessions to local investors if the government chooses not ...

Orapa, Botswana – It is a year since Motshwegwa Rakhudu lost his job after 14 years working as an installer at Debswana diamond mining operations in northern Botswana. He says he had been on rolling ...

A massive 2,492-carat diamond – the second largest in the world – has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday, 22 August. The diamond was found ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal ...

A massive 2,492-carat diamond—one of the largest such stones ever found—has been unearthed from a mine in Botswana. The stone, found at the Karowe mine that’s run by Canadian company Lucara Diamond ...

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During JCK 2024, Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana, spoke before an audience with JCK editor Victoria Gomelsky regarding the past, present and future of Botswana's diamond industry. Presented ...