With declining demand in Asia and competition from lab-grown alternatives, the gemstone appears to have lost much of its luster.
The new agreement had not resulted in “any major changes, just a little tweaking of things here and there,” Botswana’s ...
Scientific inventions, hidden resources, mysterious deposits… In the media, these miraculous ‘finds’ that are meant to secure ...
Mwanza and Rodriguez are on opposite ends of an $81.4 billion-a-year industry that links the mines of Africa, home to 65% of the world’s diamonds, with the sparkling salesrooms of high-end ...
Despite its ambitions, the SDT last year reported significant financial underperformance, raising alarms about the health of South Africa’s diamond industry.
In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...
The second-largest diamond ever found - a rough 2,492-carat stone - has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine run by Canada firm Lucara Diamond. It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat ...