REPORTER AT LARGE about the history of diamond mining in and around Kimberley, South Africa. The first diamond was found by a child in 1866 or 1867, and soon afterwards the rush was on.

Botswana Diamonds, a diamond exploration and project development company, has secured a mining permit for its Thorny River project in South Africa. The permit covers an area proximate to the ...

Petra Diamonds, which has the world's third-largest resource of diamonds, said on Wednesday it had delayed the sale of gems from its Cullinan Mine in South Africa until there was greater clarity ...

In past decades, Engineering News & Mining Weekly paid visits to Element Six on South Africa’s East Rand to gain insight into the ultra-hardness of industrial diamonds. Now, Element Six’s ...

Cullinan Diamon is considered world’s largest diamond that is around 3106 carats and was discovered in South Africa in 1905. It was named after the owner of the mines, Thomas Cullinan ...