State-owned diamond miner Alexkor, through its pooling and sharing joint venture (PSJV) with the Alexkor Richtersveld Mining Company (RMC), has issued an expression of interest for contract diamond miners to mine areas along the West Coast of South Africa.

Principal qualifying contractors have been asked to submit proposals for one or more of the contiguous mining areas including terrestrial mining at river-based alluvial sites and dumps; as well as at marine-based sites, including on the beach and at shallow-water, middle-water and deep-sea zones.