Botswana joins Belgium as centre for diamond certification
29 November 2024 Botswana has been added as a second centre, in addition to Belgium, to verify the origin of…
Tag: Kimberley Process
International diamond regulator opens head office in Botswana
12 October 2024 The head office of the international diamond regulator Kimberley Process Secretariat (KPS) officially opened on Tuesday in…
Russia Overtakes Botswana for Rough-Production Value in 2023
8 July 2024 The value of Russia’s rough-diamond production surpassed Botswana’s for the first time in 2023 even as sanctions…
Top producer Russia thwarts move to redefine ‘conflict diamonds’
JOHANNESBURG, June 16 (Reuters) – Russia, supported by Belarus, Central African Republic, Kyrgyzstan and Mali, has torpedoed a Western-backed proposal…
Botswana to chair Kimberley Process in 2021
A General Assembly of the United Nations has resolved that Botswana will chair the Kimberley Process (KP) in 2021. KP…