The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, recently tabled the department’s R2.86bn budget in Parliament.

Africa has launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening the continent’s bargaining power in global negotiations involving mining, debt, trade, climate financing and health procurement. The ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to Botswana next week for a state visit expected to focus on trade, investment, and regional cooperation at a time when Botswana is trying to reduce ...

….As ‘neglected’ Tarkwa Chiefs, youth groups demand radical changes in new mine lease or….. South African mining giant Gold Fields Ghana is facing mounting resistance in its bid to secure a 20-year ...

The rare Ocean Dream diamond sold for more than R283 million at auction, while a valuable blue diamond from South Africa’s ...

A 5.5-carat triangular-cut diamond billed as the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known to exist sold for $17.3 million ...

Christie's says a 5.5-carat triangular-cut diamond billed as the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known to exist has ...

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Diversifying Botswana’s diamond-dependent economy is now an “existential” task, Foreign Minister Phenyo Butale says, as President Duma Boko’s new government tries to turn the country’s political ...

A rare blue diamond weighing 41.82 carats has been recovered from the Cullinan mine in South Africa, with experts saying the stone could be worth more than $40 million. The company operating the mine ...

A rare blue diamond weighing 41.82 carats has been recovered from the Cullinan mine in South Africa, with experts saying the stone could be worth more than $40 million. The company operating the mine ...