Illegal miners — known locally as Zama Zama — are often men from neighboring countries who come to South Africa without the ...

Jacques addresses the significance of the astounding Lucara Diamond recently discovered, and GIA's work helping dealers, ...

Botswana has long relied on diamonds to fuel its economy, but the industry is faltering. Now, voters have rejected the ruling party for the first time in six decades.

Botswana is Africa's biggest diamond producer and ... It is home to the world's biggest diamond mine. Three of the world's four largest diamonds were discovered there, the second in August 2024 ...

Long reliant on diamond mining as its economic backbone, the country is now actively diversifying into financial services, ...

Mwanza and Rodriguez are on opposite ends of an $81.4 billion-a-year industry that links the mines of Africa ... in the U.S.—the world’s biggest retail diamond market—have stagnated ...

considered the largest to have been discovered in the world in 300 years. The 170-carat, 34 grams diamond has been dubbed “the Rose of Lulo”, after the mine in northeast Angola where it was ...

Ghana has taken a significant step towards solidifying its position as Africa’s leading gold producer with the inauguration of Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited the third largest Mine in the ...

In September 2023, the United States announced a $150 million loan to Australia’s Syrah Resources, which operates Africa's largest graphite mine in Mozambique. The loan was contingent on meeting ...