2021 June

Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, inspects Debswana’s find. Photograph: Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP/Getty Images   The diamond firm Debswana has announced the discovery in Botswana of a 1,098-carat stone that it described as the third largest of its kind in the world. The company’s acting managing director, Lynette Armstrong, presented the stone, which was found on 1 June, to

  ZCDC Chief Executive Officer Mr Mark Mabhudhu   The biggest diamond miner in Zimbabwe said it will be able to increase production of rough gems by about 30% to 3 million carats this year thanks to improved mining methods. Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company’s mines in the east of the country have so far met