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.

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

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 ...