By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Brian Benza CAPE TOWN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Botswana plans to ramp up mining exploration, ...

Botswana is stepping up exploration beyond diamonds as weak prices and lab-grown rivals expose risks of reliance.

The largest diamond to be unearthed in more than a century has been found in Botswana, a country in Southern Africa. Botswana's president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, and William Lamb, President and CEO of ...

The world’s largest diamond was discovered near Pretoria, South Africa in 1905 when Frederick Wells, a mine superintendent, carried out a routine inspection at the Premier Mine. The 2,492 carat ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a ...

A massive 2,492-carat diamond – the second largest in the world – has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday, 22 August. The diamond was found ...

Three oversized diamonds, one the size of a tennis ball, were found in the same Botswana mine within 72 hours. The most impressive gem, coming in at a sparkling 1,109 karats, is the second largest ...

A rare bi-colored pink diamond of “astounding weight” was found at the Karowe diamond mine in Botswana, according to the Gemological Institute of America. Lucara Diamond A rare rough, or uncut, pink ...

“I am lucky to have seen it in my time," Botswana's president Mokgweetsi Masisi said The largest diamond to be unearthed in more than a century has been found in Botswana, a country in Southern Africa ...