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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Botswana’s government will encourage new mining ventures to offer citizens the right to buy as much as 24% of ...

A massive 2,492-carat diamond — the second-largest stone ever unearthed — has been recovered from a mine in Botswana. The stone, found at the Karowe mine that’s run by Canada’s Lucara Diamond Corp., ...

GABORONE, Botswana — 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 viewing ...

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 ...

Botswana will attend second edition of the International Exhibition of Extractive and Energy Resources (SIREXE), scheduled for later this year in Abidjan as a country of honour. SIREXE is a biennial ...

(RTTNews) - Sandvik (SAND.ST) has received a major underground mining equipment order from the China-based global mining contractor JCHX Mining Management Co., Ltd., to be used at the Khoemacau Copper ...

The expansion of the Khoemacau Copper Mine is set to transform Botswana into a key global copper exporter and inject ...