Botswana

Global Sightholder Sales are held in the Botswana capital of Gaborone

The underground diamond resource is estimated at 8.3 million carats

Lucara found an exceptional blue 9.74 carat gem and a 4.13 carat pink gem quality diamond

Year to date, Karowe has yielded 29 diamonds greater than 100 carats

Lucara Diamond Corp. has chosen a name for the 1,758-carat diamond

Following “weaker trading conditions”, De Beers lowered its guidance to ~31 million carats

Markle attended the “Trooping the Colour” parade with her revamped ring

The Ghaghoo mine has been on care and maintenance since March 2017

Sarine expects “to have tens of thousands of Journey-documented diamonds by year-end”.

De Beers' production has risen in most locations, except for Canada and South Africa

The 1,758-carat "near-gem" is the largest diamond recovered in Botswana

The stone weighing 20.46 carats is expected to be sold during 2019

More than 25% of Tiffany’s 1,500 global diamond cutters and polishers are based in Africa

The 302.37 carat Graff Lesedi La Rona is “the largest highest colour, highest clarity diamond ever certified"

The stone was purchased by a Japanese collector who named it “Manami Star” after his daughter

De Beers has began implementing the Cut-9 project to extend the life of Jwaneng Mine to 2035

Botswana blames the projected fall on "subdued diamond prices"

Namibia has been suffering from high unemployment and closing of mines