The new agreement had not resulted in “any major changes, just a little tweaking of things here and there,” Botswana’s ...

A 2,492-carat diamond – the second largest in the world – has been discovered in Botswana, says the Canadian mining company that ... discovered in South Africa in 1905.

Recently a 2492 carat diamond weighing over a pound was found in Botswana in southern Africa. Diamonds are formed by carbon particles, black coal, being put under extreme pressures for long periods of ...

Africa's largest gold mine has become one of the greenest on the continent. Kibali, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has set new standards in eco-friendly practices, with much of its ...

Mwanza and Rodriguez are on opposite ends of an $81.4 billion-a-year industry that links the mines of Africa ... in the U.S.—the world’s biggest retail diamond market—have stagnated ...

A prospecting and mining moratorium was declared ... then progressively untangled the origin and formation of the world’s ...

The US government banned imports of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe earlier this month over concerns that forced labour was being used in the African nation's mines. Zimbabwe has dismissed the ...

No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue ...