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Botswana, the country with the biggest diamonds, gets an improved 10-year deal with miner De Beers

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal ...
Forbes

Botswana’s President Masisi Gives Multi-Faceted Diamond Talk At JCK

During JCK 2024, Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana, spoke before an audience with JCK editor Victoria Gomelsky regarding the past, present and future of Botswana's diamond industry. Presented ...
TimesLIVE

Botswana to keep annual currency depreciation rate at 2.76%

Botswana will keep the annual rate of depreciation for its pula currency at 2.76% to preserve export competitiveness and ...
The Grio

The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats

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 ...
Yahoo

Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana votes in a national election this week that will decide if the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading ...
Yahoo

2,492-Carat Diamond in Botswana Is Second-Largest to Ever Be Found — and the Biggest in Over a Century

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 ...
Opinion

Botswana diamonds and the clamour for resource sovereignty

American's decision to sell its controlling interest in De Beers and how it reflects a broader narrative of resource sovereignty in Botswana's diamond industry.
The Africa Report

Botswana diamond find can trigger mining investment revival, Lucara CEO says

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 ...
Reuters

De Beers upbeat on Botswana diamond pact after meeting new president

GABORONE, Nov 14 (Reuters) - De Beers' CEO said he expected negotiations on a new diamond sales pact with Botswana's government to be wrapped up within weeks, after meeting with the country's new ...
CBS News

2nd largest diamond ever pulled from a mine unearthed in Botswana, officials say

Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge ...
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Botswana, the country with the biggest diamonds, gets an improved 10-year deal with miner De Beers

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