Diamond

The world’s largest and most advanced diamond exploration and sampling vessel, the mv SS Nujoma, is ready to start operating for Debmarine Namibia. The US$157 million vessel will enable Debmarine Namibia, a 50/50 joint venture between the Government of the Republic of Namibia and De Beers Group, to explore diamond …

British miner has discovered a high quality 104.73 carat diamond and a 151.52 carat yellow diamond. The discovery from the company’s Letšeng mine in Lesotho follows recent recoveries announced in May of an exceptional 80.58 carat D-colour Type IIa diamond and a 98.42 carat D-colour Type IIa diamond, as well as …

De Beers Group’s Forevermark diamond brand has inscribed its two millionth diamond. According to the group, the diamond is a 3.48 carat round brilliant and bears the unique inscription of ‘2,000,000’. “The diamond was mined, cut and polished in Namibia and inscribed at the Forevermark Diamond Institute in Surat, India. …

Namibia diamond exploration and sampling mining vessel, the SS Nujoma, will leave the Port of Cape Town on Tuesday, embarking on a two-week period of sea trials. The mining vessel has been in the Port of Cape Town since arriving from Norway in August, where it was being outfitted with …

Heavy-duty industrial vacuum systems designer, manufacturer and supplier Hencon Vacuum Technologies is testing a dual-vacuum unit at diamond miner Petra Diamonds’ Cullinan mine, in Gauteng. The Honeydew-based company is conducting tests on its dual-vacuum system in combination with JSE-listed drilling solutions provider Master Drilling’s new horizontal raiseboring machine. “We have …

Diversified mining company Anglo American has produced less diamond, copper, coal, manganese alloy and niobium in the three months to March 31. Diamond production fell by 10%, copper production by 19%, export thermal coal by 13%, export metallurgical coal by 9%, Eskom coal by 8% and niobium by 13%. Refined …

NAMDEB Holdings diamond production fell 4% to reach 400 000 carats in the first quarter of this year, Anglo American announced in a report. The drop was due to reduced grade at Namdeb, the reported said. Overall, De Beer’s diamond production decreased by 10% to 6,9 million carats, reflecting the …

Namibia has about 1,5 billion carats on the seabed, which will be important as the land-based resources deplete, Chamber of Namibia president Kombadayedu Kapwanga told the international diamond conference in Windhoek recently. “We have a large deposit at sea,” said Kapwanga. Namibia is regarded as a world leader in marine diamond …