Earlier this year one of the largest ever single diamonds was unearthed at a mine in Botswana ... have been reluctant to invest there. South Africa comes in fifth with 80 million carats in ...

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

The diamond was found at Karowe mine, about 500km (300 ... It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond, found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many ...

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 ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge ...

has been unearthed in Botswana according to a mining company. The huge stone is thought to be the biggest found since the 3106-carat Cullinan Diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905. Canadian ...

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

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 ...