Liqhobong diamond mine Plant 1 expansion, Lesotho

Plant 1 capacity at the Liqhobong mine will be tripled to 1,3-million tons a year by the fourth quarter of 2011.

Kopane plans new diamond processing plant for Lesotho project

Aim-listed Kopane Diamond Developments was considering increasing the capacity of its Liqhobong Satellite plant, in Lesotho, to 750 000 t/y, up from the current 450 000 t/y, until a larger plant could be built to process kimberlite from the Main...

Little hope for diamond prices to improve until ‘well into 2009’- RBC

Rough diamond prices were already too low to cover all the costs incurred by some diamond producers, but a drop in the price and demand for the commodity would likely become even worse before any improvement would be seen. Financial services firm...

Kopane’s Lesotho diamond project on care-and-maintenance

Aim-listed diamond producer Kopane Diamond Developments would place its Satellite plant at the Liqhobong project, in Lesotho, on care-and-maintenance with immediate effect. This was as a result of the current economic and market turbulence, which...