Debswana, a joint venture between Anglo American business De Beers and the Botswana government, has announced that its sales of rough diamonds jumped 64% year-on-year to $3.466 billion in 2021, “driven by the reopening of key global consumer markets,” IDEX Online reports.
Debswana accounts for almost all of Botswana’s diamond exports, according to the report, with Lucara Diamond Corp’s Karowe mine “being the only other operating diamond mine in the country.”
Debswana’s production totaled 22.326 million carats in 2021 – an increase of 35% year-on-year, “mostly due to higher-grade ore being treated at its flagship Jwaneng mine.”
