Tijl Vanneste is a historian at The Institute of Contemporary History in Nova University, Lisbon. Speaking from Portugal with ...

But the large role of the mining sector in the Southern African economy means that these countries are also vulnerable to ...

Shaft 11 in the small town of Stilfontein took more than 100 lives. Bloomberg Investigates uncovers how the catastrophe was ...

Academy Award-winning actress and De Beers Global Ambassador, Lupita Nyong'o, visited the world-class Venetia diamond mine in Limpopo, South Africa this week. At Venetia, one of the world’s leading ...

Thorny River comprises the eastern extension of the kimberlite dyke and/or pipe systems on which the Klipspringer and Marsfontein mines are located, both of which have been economically mined. The ...

A diamond miner works in a mine in Mbuji Mayi, Congo, July 31, 2006 (AP photo by Schalk van Zuydam). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) ...

Botswana, the world's second-largest diamond producer, will require companies to sell a 24% stake to locals under a revised law awaiting presidential approval, part of a broader African push for ...

The world’s largest diamond was discovered near Pretoria, South Africa in 1905 when Frederick Wells, a mine superintendent, carried out a routine inspection at the Premier Mine. The 2,492 carat ...

Africa’s two leading diamond producers, Botswana and Angola, are holding high-level talks that could reshape the global ...

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* Announces acquisition of an interest in Kimberley Mines in South Africa from De Beers consolidated mines proprietary limited in a consortium with Ekapa Mining (Pty) Ltd * Acquisition consideration ...

De Beers and Endiama discover a new kimberlite deposit in Angola, the first in 30 years, changing the global diamond map.