The state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has announced that Zimbabwe produced 5 million carats of diamonds in 2022 – a rise compared to the 4.2 million carats it produced in 2021, Rough & Polished reports.   In December of last year, Winston Chitando, Zimbabwe’s mines and mining development minister,

Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government, has announced “the world’s first 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project” in conjunction with the Chinese multinational technology corporation Huawei, IDEX Online reports.   Debswana and Huawei have connected over 260 pieces of equipment – like mining vehicles – at

Mountain Province Diamonds has announced production and sales results for Q4 (ended December 31, 2022) and 2022 from the Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine.    According to Rough & Polished,during Q4, 1,621,800 carats were recovered. For the full year 2022, 5.52 million carats were recovered (less than the guidance of 5.60

Rio Tinto, which owns 100% of the Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories in Canada, has lowered Diavik’s 2023 production forecast – from 4.5 to 5 million carats to 3 to 3.8 carats.   According to IDEX Online, Rio Tinto “gave no explanation for the lower forecast in its

Two large high-quality diamonds – each larger than 50 carats – were unearthed in Yakutia on December 2, 2022, Bankers Day, “when Russian bankers celebrated their professional holiday,” according to Rough & Polished.   The two stones were extracted at Processing Plant No. 12 from the ore mined at the

A new list by miningintelligence.com, quoted by IDEX Online, names the Jwaneng diamond mine, in Botswana, as the world’s richest diamond mine for the first three quarters of 2022. Jwaneng produced 10.3 million carats in 2022.   Orapa, also in Botswana, came second with 8 million carats. Both Jwaneng and