Diamond Top Stories

De Beers signs 10-year sales deal for Botswana diamonds

The pact with Botswana’s government covers a new 10-year sales deal for Debswana’s rough diamond production through to 2033.

Bloomberg News | October 1, 2023 | 8:37 am

The Canadian diamond miner cited a “material breach of financial…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2023 | 3:53 am

The move aims to avert a supply glut in the…

Reuters | September 20, 2023 | 7:34 am

The discovery may help replace the now closed Argyle mine…

Staff Writer | September 20, 2023 | 7:00 am

The Polish proposal will now be considered by the European…

Reuters | September 18, 2023 | 9:39 am

The white diamond, found over the weekend, is third one over 100 carats recovered this year at the company's mine in Lesotho.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 14, 2022 | 9:55 am

It is the third diamond of over 100 carats recovered from the Letšeng mine within the past three weeks.

Staff Writer | June 13, 2022 | 12:08 pm

Workers had been tunnelling underground at a mine near the provincial capital Tshikapa when an accident occurred.

Reuters | June 9, 2022 | 8:05 am

The company is subject to stinging economic sanctions levied by the West against Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Henry Lazenby | June 8, 2022 | 11:47 am

De Beers rises small diamonds price amid shortage

The world’s top diamond producer by value applied a 5% to 7% price increase at the sale held this week in Botswana.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 7, 2022 | 6:54 am