Exports of rough diamonds mined by the Debswana Diamond Company fell 30% in 2020, statistics released by the Bank of Botswana showed Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic hit demand and global travel restrictions impacted trading. Debswana, a joint venture between Anglo American unit De Beers and the Botswana government, produces

In this tribute, geologist Dr John Bristow, pays his respects to fellow geologist Dr Derek Robinson. Derek Robinson, who had a long and distinguished career at the Anglo American Research Laboratories (AARL) and De Beers and established himself as a leading expert in the field of diamond surface textures and

Diamond miner Lucapa has restarted mining operations at its Mothae mine, in Lesotho. The company earlier this month suspended mining operations as a result of a 14-day nation-wide lockdown initiated by the government of Lesotho to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The De Beers Group is on its way to becoming a miner and marketer of carbon-neutral diamonds. The world’s largest producer of diamonds by value is setting out to achieve – by 2030 – carbon neutrality at its mines in Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa, as well as in

The strong performance recovery in the second half of 2020 continued in the fourth quarter of the year, says diversified miner Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani.  “As expected, second-half production returned to 95% of 2019 rates, benefiting from strong performances in copper at Los Bronces, in Chile, and in iron-ore at Minas-Rio,

Diamond miner De Beers has revised its production guidance for 2021 downwards to between 32-million and 34-million carats, from the previous target of 33-million to 35-million carats, amid ongoing operational challenges and expected lower production from the final cut at its Venetia mine, in South Africa’s Limpopo province.