Debswana, the world’s biggest diamond producer by sales value, will produce its first diamonds from the expanded Jwaneng mine by 2017, Mining Weekly reports.
The project, known as Cut 8, aims to prolong the Jwaneng mine’s life by a further seven years and produce 100-million carats.
“The Jwaneng pit expansion is on track and will start delivering first ore to plant in 2017,” Debswana Corporate Affairs Manager Matshidiso Kamona said on Tuesday (November 29).
Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana and the world’s largest diamond producer by valueyears.