Lucara Diamond unearths over 530-carats at Karowe mine in Botswana
23 February 2024 Lucara Diamond announced Wednesday the recovery of a 320-carat, a 111-carat and two +50-carat stones from its…
23 February 2024 Lucara Diamond announced Wednesday the recovery of a 320-carat, a 111-carat and two +50-carat stones from its…
11 January 2024 Lucara Diamond Corporation is pleased to announce the recovery of a 166 carat diamond from its 100%…
22 November 2023 De Beers and the Botswana government will work together to find more diamond deposits, after both sides…
21 November 2023 “Dumelang, betsho. I am so delighted to learn that Lucara has made yet another big diamond discovery…
8 November 2023 Botswana seeks 24% stake in Belgian diamond trader. HB Antwerp to get 10% of state gem company’s…
7 November 2023 With elections due next year, Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi spoke of successes and ambitious plans in a…
3 October 2023 The two have signed “heads of terms” for the tentative 10-year sales agreement they reached in June.…
13 September 2023 Diamond processor and trader HB Antwerp said on Monday it had removed one of its three co-founders…
1 September 2023 APA-Gaborone (Botswana) Botswana’s economic growth is forecast to slow to 3.8% in 2023 on the back of…
16 August 2023 De Beers will allow sightholders to defer up to half of rough purchases to early next year…
9 August 2023 The Karowe mine in Botswana has produced a 1,080-carat diamond—the fourth diamond over 1,000 carats recovered from…
4 August 2023 Botswana‘s state diamond company is planning to diversify how it sells precious stones to the market as…
Botswana has reached an eleventh-hour deal with diamond giant De Beers after months of tense negotiations that saw the continent’s…
12 June 2023 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London Aim- and Botswana-listed diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting licence on ground containing…
May 30, 2023 GABORONE, May 30 (Reuters) – Botswana wants to maintain its partnership with De Beers and is confident…
22 May 2023 De Beers, the biggest diamond producer by value, has reported lower rough diamond sales in its latest…
17th April 2023 The diamond mining giant, De Beers has reported improved sales in its latest sales cycle, thanks to…
(Bloomberg) — Botswana will acquire a 24% stake in Belgian diamond trader HB Antwerp, in a challenge to the southern…
Botswana expects output from its mining sector to be flat this year, as the diamond industry loses its sparkle due…
African governments must be wary of the risks created by rising global competition for the continent’s minerals, Botswana’s mines minister…
GABORONE, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Rough diamond sales by Debswana Diamond Company reached record levels in 2022, data showed on…
Surplus of 0.55% of GDP recorded in six months through Sept. Botswana is second biggest diamond producer in the world…
GABORONE, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Botswana has won its bid to host the permanent secretariat of the Kimberley Process (KP),…
LUCARA Diamonds wanted a quick resolution to diamond sales contract negotiations between Botswana and De Beers as their two-year discussions were…
Botswana’s trade balance, which has weakened in the past years, widening the trade imbalance, and causing large drawdowns from the…
Canada-based miner Lucara has started sinking the main shaft at its Karowe diamond mine expansion project, in Botswana, although it…