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…
(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…
JOHANNESBURG, June 16 (Reuters) – Russia, supported by Belarus, Central African Republic, Kyrgyzstan and Mali, has torpedoed a Western-backed proposal…
During the three months that ended on March 31, 2022 (2022 first quarter), Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond Corporation spent…
Botswana wants to host the Kimberley Process Secretariat despite interest from China and Austria. President Mkgweetsi Masisi has emphasised the importance…
Botswana’s dream of assuming chairmanship of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme will have to wait until 2022 at the very…
Debswana, De Beers’ joint venture with Botswana, will pause mining at the Damtshaa deposit for an indefinite period, citing a…
De Beers Group has introduced ReSet, a series of collaborations with jewellery designers to engage in conversations around sustainability and…
A new crop of jewellery makers using lab-grown and recycled diamonds, as well as recycled metals, appeal to millennials and…