Cut 8 project, Botswana

The final stage of the Jwaneng Cut 8 expansion project is progressing to schedule and is trending below budget.

African partnership driving development forward

The Debswana-owned Jwaneng diamond mine will be entering its thirtieth year of operation in 2012.

Botswana diamond mine expansion due for completion in March 2012

Phase 3, the final stage of the Jwaneng Cut-8 expansion project in Botswana, is progressing on schedule and is due for completion in March 2012, says Debswana deputy MD Steve Axcell.

Production at diamond mine unaffected by $3-billion project

Jwaneng, one of the world’s most profitable diamond mines, has continued to operate at full capacity as it nears the end of ongoing construction, infrastructure and demolition activities aimed at expanding the operation and accessing 91-million...

Africa rich with mineral resources, projects prosper

Africa is a source of various mineral resources, most of which have yet to be exploited. As a result, the continent has attracted the attention of international mining companies that seek to take advantage of this abundant wealth.

Company Announcement: Interim Results (unaudited) for the six month period ended 30 June 2011

DiamondCorp plc, a southern Africa focussed diamond mine development and exploration company, releases its interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2011. The results are unaudited.

De Beers sales surge to record on robust Asian, US demand

The world’s biggest diamond miner De Beers on Tuesday reported its highest-ever sales of rough diamonds for the first half of the year, as robust demand in the US, China and India powered price growth. Sales were 33% higher at $3.5-billion in...

SA engineering firm designs largest fleet workshop in Africa

Engineering project house Bateman Engineering has designed the largest fleet workshop in Africa, for the Botswana government’s and diamond major De Beers’ jointly-owned Debswana, Jwaneng diamond mine’s Cut 8 expansion project, in Botswana.

Leighton says awarded JV contract in Botswana

ASX-listed project house Leighton Holdings and its joint-venture (JV) partners Basil Read Mining and Bothakga Burrows of Botswana, have secured a $586-million mining services contact with diamond miner Debswana. Under the 66-month contract, the...

Issuing of final engineering drawings under way for Cut 8 project

Engineering project house Bateman Engineering is in the process of issuing the final engineering drawings for the Cut 8 project, at the Jwaneng diamond mine, in Botswana. To date the project has commissioned a recrush conveyor system and mineral...

De Beers targets production increase, returns to profit

The world’s number-one diamond-miner De Beers is targeting a 15% production increase this year, the group said on Friday, announcing that it had returned to a profit, driven by strong sales. De Beers recovered 33-million carats last year, which...

Jwaneng diamond mine’s R25bn Cut 8 ‘has to be done, and done very quickly’ – David Sebina

One can understand why Debswana diamond Company’s operational readiness manager David Sebina says that the company’s R25-billion Cut 8 project at that Prince of Pipes - the Jwaneng diamond mine in Botswana - “has to be done, and done very...