Mere days after announcing a huge 1,098-carat stone find at their Karowe mine in Botswana, Lucara has another reason to rejoice: The miner just unearthed an even bigger diamond weighing 1,174 carats from the same mine, IDEX Online reports.    Credit: Debswana   In a statement, the company explained: “On

The once troubled Ekati mine in Canada has new owners, and they predict the mine will produce no less than four million carats this year, IDEX Online reports.   Credit: Dominion Diamond Corporation   In February, a group of creditors “rescued” the mine from Dominion Diamonds, taking on $70 million

Debswana Diamond Co. a unit of De Beers and a 50/50 partnership between Botswana and De Beers, has unearthed a 1,098 carat diamond in Botswana on June 1, IDEX Online reports.   Credit: Debswana   The huge gem is the largest since the company began operations five decades ago, and

Botswana’s main diamond mine comes through again: Lucara, which operates the Karowe mine in Botswana has recently announced the recovery of a 470-carat diamond from the mine, IDEX Online reports.   Credit: Lucara   The light-brown stone is the tenth +100-carat stone and the third +300-carat diamond recovered from the

Lucapa Diamond has announced the recovery of 138-carat diamond from its Lulo alluvial diamond mine in Angola, IDEX Online reports.   Credit: Lucapa   This is the 7th 100+ carat diamond recovered from Lulo this year, and the 24th 100+ carat diamond recovered since the mine became commercial in 2015.