By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Brian Benza CAPE TOWN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Botswana plans to ramp up mining exploration, ...

Botswana is stepping up exploration beyond diamonds as weak prices and lab-grown rivals expose risks of reliance.

BOTSWANA is accelerating mining exploration across 70% of its territory that has never been surveyed, as it seeks to reduce ...

The largest diamond to be unearthed in more than a century has been found in Botswana, a country in Southern Africa. Botswana's president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, and William Lamb, President and CEO of ...

The world’s largest diamond was discovered near Pretoria, South Africa in 1905 when Frederick Wells, a mine superintendent, carried out a routine inspection at the Premier Mine. The 2,492 carat ...

Researchers are analyzing the new find at the mine in northern Botswana and paying attention to a quality never before documented.

Botswana's state-owned Okavango Diamond Company plans to increase the share of diamonds it sells to contracted buyers as a ...

A massive 2,492-carat diamond – the second largest in the world – has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday, 22 August. The diamond was found ...

GABORONE, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Botswana has extended the mining licence of the Karowe Diamond mine by 25 years to 2046 as the high-value mine owned by Lucara Diamond Corp (LUC.TO), opens new tab prepares ...

Three oversized diamonds, one the size of a tennis ball, were found in the same Botswana mine within 72 hours. The most impressive gem, coming in at a sparkling 1,109 karats, is the second largest ...

“I am lucky to have seen it in my time," Botswana's president Mokgweetsi Masisi said The largest diamond to be unearthed in more than a century has been found in Botswana, a country in Southern Africa ...