Company Announcement: Rescue and recovery teams open up another collapsed tunnel at Bontekoe- Six deceased diggers found and one digger rescued

Careful excavation continues in the search for survivors.

Cullinan mine, South Africa

An underground diamond-mine, situated in Gauteng.

A brief history of the Jagersfontein diamond mine

The history of diamond mining in South Africa has largely been dominated by the narrative of the discovery and development of the De Beers and Kimberley diamondiferous kimberlite pipes and, to a lesser extent, the Bultfontein and Dutoitspan...

Barney Barnato, a social pariah

From its very establishment, the Kimberley Club was an exclusive, highly-vetted Gentleman’s Club.

The Kimberley Club, sanctuary of the diamond magnates

The city of Kimberley has, over its’ 140-year history, become synonymous with all aspects of South Africa’s mining and industrial heritage: it was the birthplace of diamondiferous kimberlite mining and subsequently became the birthplace of...

New book archives the experiences of mineral explorers of yesteryear

Diamond-mining giant De Beers Consolidated Mines has launched a book, archiving the experiences of geologists and mine exploration in Africa.

The Big Hole and the Kimberley Mine Museum

One of South Africa’s premier tourist attractions of historical and mining importance is the Big Hole and Kimberley Mine Museum.

Kimberley’s demeaning closed compound system

In 1885, fifteen years after diamonds were first mined at Kimberley, mining companies began to introduce a system of closed compounding to house their black labour force.

Diamond miner’s feasibility study nearly one-third complete

Diamond miner De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) reports it is one-third complete with its feasibility study for the R10-billion underground expansion of its Venetia mine, in Limpopo.

Retrenchments 
despite improving diamond market

South African trade union Solidarity says that diamond producer De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) plans to retrench 40% of its workers at its Northern Cape Finsch mine, citing the weakening price of diamonds as one of the reasons.

De Beers appoints Petersen as acting DBCM CEO

Diamond-miner De Beers said on Thursday that Barend Petersen had been appointed as the acting CEO of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM). Petersen succeeded David Noko who stepped down at the end of March.

Rockwell hires new financial and operations managers

TSX- and JSE-listed diamond producer Rockwell has appointed Hans Gastrow as operations manager for its processing and recovery plant and Johan Oosthuizen as financial manager, responsible for the financial oversight and planning at its operations...