Botswana Diamonds has announced that it expects “the first recoveries of diamonds” at its Marsfontein mine in South Africa this month, Rough & Polished reports.    The alluvial and dump mine, which was initially expected to produce diamonds in February, has seen the excavation of about 1,500 tonnes of alluvial

A senior policy advisor in Botswana’s Finance Ministry has stated that his country expects its diamond production to remain flat in 2023 “due to a contraction in consumer spending and weaker demand for diamond jewelry,” Mining Weekly reports.   While overall mining output rose by 8.2% in 2022,  gains in

Majhgawan-Panna, India’s only diamond mine which was shot down at the end of 2020, will resume production in July 2023 “with a forecast output of up to 84,000 carats a year,” IDEX Online reports.   Majhgawan-Panna, located near the town of Panna in Madhya Pradesh, was closed after environmental clearances

Rio Tinto has extended the life-of-mine life at its Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. According to Mining Weekly, Rio Tinto has announced a “$40-million investment in the first phase of underground mining below the existing A21 open pit.”   Sinead Kaufman, Chief Executive Minerals at Rio

Lucapa has unearthed a 150-carat gem at its Lulo alluvial mine in Angola. According to IDEX Online, it is a Type IIa, D-color white diamond.   This is the 36th +100-carat diamond recovered at Lulo since it began commercial production in 2015, and the fifth +100-carat from block 28 of