https://yourbotswana.com Our Botswana is Your Botswana Tue, 16 Jan 2024 09:01:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://yourbotswana.com/whopper-lucara-finds-1080-carat-diamond-at-botswana-mine/ https://yourbotswana.com/whopper-lucara-finds-1080-carat-diamond-at-botswana-mine/#respond Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:22:46 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16683

9 August 2023 The Karowe mine in Botswana has produced a 1,080-carat diamond—the fourth diamond over 1,000 carats recovered from…]]>

9 August 2023 The Karowe mine in Botswana has produced a 1,080-carat diamond—the fourth diamond over 1,000 carats recovered from…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/whopper-lucara-finds-1080-carat-diamond-at-botswana-mine/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-diamond-manufacturers-partner-with-ndc/ https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-diamond-manufacturers-partner-with-ndc/#respond Sat, 13 May 2023 15:16:53 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=16386

May 11, 23  (IDEX Online) – Botswana’s diamond industry is joining forces with the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) to promote…]]>

May 11, 23  (IDEX Online) – Botswana’s diamond industry is joining forces with the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) to promote…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-diamond-manufacturers-partner-with-ndc/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-starts-shaft-sinking-at-botswana-expansion-project/ https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-starts-shaft-sinking-at-botswana-expansion-project/#respond Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:03:58 +0000 https://yourbotswana.com/?p=14945

Canada-based miner Lucara has started sinking the main shaft at its Karowe diamond mine expansion project, in Botswana, although it…]]>

Canada-based miner Lucara has started sinking the main shaft at its Karowe diamond mine expansion project, in Botswana, although it…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-starts-shaft-sinking-at-botswana-expansion-project/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/louis-vuitton-just-acquired-a-massive-549-carat-rough-diamond-from-botswana/ https://yourbotswana.com/louis-vuitton-just-acquired-a-massive-549-carat-rough-diamond-from-botswana/#respond Sat, 07 Nov 2020 11:41:53 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=11984

Louis Vuitton has another monster-size rough diamond on its hands. Earlier this year, the Parisian luxury house announced it had…]]>

Louis Vuitton has another monster-size rough diamond on its hands. Earlier this year, the Parisian luxury house announced it had…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/louis-vuitton-just-acquired-a-massive-549-carat-rough-diamond-from-botswana/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-recovers-549-carat-white-gem-diamond-from-karowe-mine/ https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-recovers-549-carat-white-gem-diamond-from-karowe-mine/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2020 10:41:56 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=10241

Lucara Diamond Corp has announced the recovery of a 549-carat white diamond of exceptional purity from its Karowe Diamond Mine…]]>

Lucara Diamond Corp has announced the recovery of a 549-carat white diamond of exceptional purity from its Karowe Diamond Mine…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-recovers-549-carat-white-gem-diamond-from-karowe-mine/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/discovering-sewelo-botswanas-largest-diamond-ever/ https://yourbotswana.com/discovering-sewelo-botswanas-largest-diamond-ever/#respond Sun, 02 Feb 2020 10:06:23 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=10137 https://yourbotswana.com/discovering-sewelo-botswanas-largest-diamond-ever/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-diamond-plans-underground-mining-at-karowe/ https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-diamond-plans-underground-mining-at-karowe/#respond Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:21:48 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=5268 https://yourbotswana.com/lucara-diamond-plans-underground-mining-at-karowe/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/good-week-for-botswana-diamonds-as-lucara-digs-up-another-giant-diamond-and-pangolin-finds-first-diamond/ https://yourbotswana.com/good-week-for-botswana-diamonds-as-lucara-digs-up-another-giant-diamond-and-pangolin-finds-first-diamond/#respond Sun, 29 Apr 2018 16:57:44 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=4877 https://yourbotswana.com/good-week-for-botswana-diamonds-as-lucara-digs-up-another-giant-diamond-and-pangolin-finds-first-diamond/feed/ 0 https://yourbotswana.com/lesedi-la-rona-biggest-diamond-for-a-century-sells-for-53-million/ https://yourbotswana.com/lesedi-la-rona-biggest-diamond-for-a-century-sells-for-53-million/#comments Sat, 30 Sep 2017 16:46:36 +0000 http://yourbotswana.com/?p=3020

Lucara’s diamond, dubbed “Lesedi la Rona,” has sold for $53 million. Weighing in at 1,109 carats, The Lesedi La Rona,…]]>

Lucara’s diamond, dubbed “Lesedi la Rona,” has sold for $53 million. Weighing in at 1,109 carats, The Lesedi La Rona,…]]> https://yourbotswana.com/lesedi-la-rona-biggest-diamond-for-a-century-sells-for-53-million/feed/ 1