Category: Diamond

Angola plans to boost diamond mining and open a new large mine in the east, aiming to produce 5.7 million carats there in 2023, or more than half of its total output last year, Mineral Resources and Petroleum minister Diamantino Azevedo said. In an interview with Reuters, he also said the state-owned diamond company Endiama had been “instructed to negotiate with the biggest companies in the mining world to invest in the diamond subsector” in other projects, without specifying. Asked if Angola was negotiating specifically with diamond majors De Beers Group and Rio Tinto… Read More Here

Diamond producer Debswana aims to increase output by 38% this year to pre-pandemic levels of 23-million carats, a company official said on Friday, as the global diamond market recovers with the easing of travel restrictions and jewellers reopen. Jointly owned by Anglo American unit De Beers and the Botswana government, Debswana cut production by 29% to 16.6-million carats in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic hurt demand and global travel restrictions affected trading. Debswana produces almost all of the southern African nation’s diamonds. Botswana closed its borders for eight months last… Read More Here

The outgoing Minister of Mines Willy KITOBO SAMSONI discussed this Tuesday, February 23, 2021 with a Korean delegation from the company Solar City led by its CEO. On the menu of this interview, the investment projects in Congo proposed by the Solar City Company and see how these projects can directly and indirectly support the development of the DRC mining sector. According to his cabinet which announced it, it is about: – the production of solar energy plants; – expansion of road and rail infrastructure to facilitate the movement of the… Read More Here

De Beers lifted diamond prices at its third consecutive sale as an industry wide recovery from the coronavirus pandemic gathers pace. The world’s biggest diamond producer raised prices by about 4% at its second sale of the year, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified because the information is private. A spokesman for De Beers declined to comment. Diamond prices are rebounding after the pandemic brought the industry to an almost complete standstill in the first half of last year. Strong holiday sales in… Read More Here

Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners have announced the results of the second diamond sale of 2021 by Sociedade Mineira Do Lulo (SML) from its Lulo alluvial mine in Angola. The rough diamond parcel of 1,040 carats was sold for a total of US$3.7 million or US$3,525 million per carat. Lucapa MD, Stephen Wetherall comments: “This is our third run of mine rough parcel sold this calendar year from our two mines and we continue to see good prices for our premium production.” Aggregated sales from Lulo and Mothae (on… Read More Here

Lucapa Diamond Company and the Government of Lesotho have announced the recovery of a 215 carat diamond from the Mothae kimberlite mine in Lesotho. The 215 carat stone is the largest Type IIa D-colour white diamond, the second +200 carat diamond and the fifth +100 carat diamond recovered through the 1.1 Mtpa Mothae plant since commercial diamond mining operations began in 2019. This 215 carat diamond follows the recovery of an exceptional 101 carat diamond in December 20201. Lucapa and the GoL aim to further increase the frequency in recovery… Read More Here

Botswana Diamonds (BOD) has entered into a cooperation agreement to fund exploration of its prospecting licence assets in Botswana with Diamexstrat Botswana (DESB). Diamexstrat Botswana, in turn has an alliance agreement with Burgundy Diamond Mines.  Botswana Diamonds (BOD)’s prospecting assets comprise the recently acquired Sekaka Diamonds Exploration database and Prospecting Licenses, as well as the Prospecting Licences held by BOD’s subsidiary, Sunland Minerals. James Campbell, BOD MD, comments: “I am delighted to partner with Diamexstrat to progress our extensive and highly prospective exploration assets in Botswana which comprises Sekaka Diamonds… Read More Here

Lucapa Diamond Company and its partners have announced the results of the first diamond sale of 2021 by Sociedade Mineria Do Lulo (SML) from its Lulo alluvial mine in Angola. The rough diamond parcel of 4,273 carats was sold for a total of US$5.9 million (A$7.7 million) or US$1,375 (A$1,793) per carat. Lucapa MD, Stephen Wetherall comments: “As with the first sale of Mothae diamonds in 2021, prices achieved by SML at this sale continued to reflect the positive industry mood, and with sales from both operations in 2021 already… Read More Here