The Debswana Diamond Company’s board said it has given the go ahead to works that are to extend the life of the Jwaneng mine – Copyright AFP Frederic J. BROWN ...

Jwaneng Diamond Mine is located in southern Botswana in the Naledi River Valley of the Kalahari Desert. Officially opened in 1982, the Jwaneng Mine is the richest diamond mine in the world by value, ...

Debswana, the 50:50 diamond mining joint venture between De Beers Group and the government of Botswana. The project will transition Jwaneng from an openpit mine to and underground mine. The ...

GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana's Debswana Diamond Mining, a joint venture between De Beers and the southern Africa country's government, plans to extend the lifespan of its Jwaneng mine beyond 2024, a ...

GABORONE, June 16 (Reuters) - Botswana's Debswana Diamond Company is looking to international capital markets to help fund its $6 billion Jwaneng underground project, a director said on Monday, as ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Global diamond giant De Beers said it will go ahead with a planned $1 billion investment to extend the life of its flagship Jwaneng mine in Botswana, even as last year ...

Botswana-based Debswana Diamond Company, a joint venture between the Botswana government and De Beers. The project is a nine-million-carat-a-year replacement project for cuts 7 and 8 of the Jwaneng ...

"Proceeds from the diamond will be used to advance national development in the country," a statement from the country's government said about the gem, which weighs 1,098 carats A 1,098-carat diamond, ...

A more than 1,000-carat diamond was discovered in Botswana earlier this month and could be the third-largest ever mined, The Associated Press reported Friday. The find, which weighed 1,098.3 carats ...