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THE HISTORY OF DIAMOND MINING AND DIAMONDS IN SOUTH AFRICA. The 1867 discovery of diamonds in the Cape Colony, South Africa, radically modified not only the world’s supply of diamonds but also the conception of them.
The primary South African sources of diamonds, including seven large diamond mines around the country, are controlled by the De Beers Consolidated Mines Company. In 2003, De Beers operations accounted for 94% of the nation's total diamond output of 11,900,000 carats (2.38 t).
A diamond miner hauls up a bucket of gravel at an illegal mining site in South Africa's Northern Cape Province. Tommy Trenchard for NPR. But over the past 20 years, rising operational...
When a dam at a diamond mine burst in September in Jagersfontein, South Africa, it coated houses, cars and possessions in six miles of muck. At least one person died.
Learn about the early days of diamond mining, when most diamond deposits were alluvial and what happened when diamonds were discovered underground.
In 2022, South Africa produced 10.2 million tonnes. Total diamond sales in 2022 was R27.7 billion. The diamond mining industry employed 14,577 people. De Beers, the name which is synonymous with diamonds, was founded by Cecil Rhodes in 1888 and for many years dominated the world’s diamond market.
Venetia is synonymous with the South African diamond mining industry. Located in Limpopo, it started production in 1992. Until it ceased open-pit operations at the end of 2022, it contributed 40 % of the country’s annual diamond production.
In more than 150 years of mining history, southern Africa has consistently been the dominant producer of the world's diamond supply (McKechnie, 2019), producing some of the world's largest...
South Africa - Diamonds, Gold, Imperialism: South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world’s largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand.
Today this mine is long since quiet, but there are many new ones in South Africa. Huge bulldozers continue to move tons of rock in search of the most precious of stones. Diamonds were formed millions of years ago in the earth's interior.