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	Diamonds Update
		Diamond shoppers seeking to purchase a significant diamond, should be sure they have a diamond grading report from one of the major grading laboratories.
		The cut of a diamond is the physical measurement and relative proportion of a polished diamond and is the most important characteristic in producing a diamond’s beauty.
		The brilliance and sparkle of a diamond is the result of the reflection and refraction of light within a diamond and is the cumulative effect of the many facets on the surface of the three-dimensional diamond shape.
	www.diamonds.blogs.com (5804 words)

	List of diamond mines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are a limited number of commercially viable diamond mines currently operating in the world.
		Diamonds are also mined alluvially over disperse areas, where diamonds have been eroded out of the ground and deposited by water or weather action.
		There is also at least one example of a non-commercial diamond mine ( Crater of Diamonds).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_diamond_mines (162 words)

	Press Release - Firestone Diamonds plc
		The Jwaneng Mine is the biggest diamond mine in the world, producing approximately 12 million carats per annum with a value of over $1.5 billion.
		Mining operations at Bonte Koe have been focused on excavating and processing material from a number of locations on the property with the objective of improving the geological interpretation of the deposits on the mine and allowing material from a number of mining areas to be blended.
		Grades from mining areas ranged from 2 to 25 carats/100 tonnes, and diamonds produced continued to be approximately 85% gem quality, with an average size of 0.23 carats per stone.
	www.firestonediamonds.ac.psiweb.com /press/pr05033100.htm (2807 words)

	info: DEBSWANA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Debswana Diamond Company Ltd, or simply Debswana, is a mining company located in Botswana, and is the world's leading producer of diamonds by value.
		All diamond mining in Botswana is controlled by Debswana; there are no private diamond mining operations in the country.
		Diamond mining activities have fueled much of the growth in Botswana's economy, allowing it to grow from one of the poorest countries in the world when it became independent in 1966 to a 'middle income' nation, with $8,800 per capita income in 2003.
	www.info-monaco.com /Debswana (593 words)

	Botswana diamond strike continues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mine operator Debswana said the strike by around a quarter of the 5 000 workforce had not affected overall production at the country's mines, which produce a third of the world's gem quality diamonds.
		Botswana Mining Workers Union (BMWU) General Secretary Donald Lobotse told Reuters that 10 union leaders from each of three mines affected by the strike were due to appear yesterday afternoon to face charges of contempt of court.
		Diamonds are the mainstay of Botswana's economy, accounting for the vast majority of export revenues, around a third of gross domestic product and nearly half of government revenues.
	www.namibian.com.na /2004/august/marketplace/04609D831A.html (436 words)

	De Beer Diamonds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Damtshaa diamond mine - The Damtshaa diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 220 kilometers (140 miles) west of the city of Francistown.
		Jwaneng diamond mine - The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world, and is located in south-central Botswana about 170 kilometers (110 miles) west of the city of Gaborone, in the Naledi river valley of the Kalahari.
		Letlhakane diamond mine - The Letlhakane diamond mine is a diamond mine located in Botswana about 190 kilometers (120 miles) west of the city of Francistown.
	www.yosemitebrewingco.com /debeerdiamonds.html (638 words)

	The History of Diamonds - Learn the History of Diamonds, Famous Diamonds, Diamond Cutting, Hope Diamond History at ...
		The diamonds possessed magical qualities of the Gods and held powers far beyond the understanding of the common man. Because of these beliefs, the warriors stayed clear of the Kings and others who were fortunate to have the magical diamonds in their breast plates.
		The earliest reference to diamond cutting is in l550 in Antwerp, the most important diamond center of the period, where a diamond-cutters' guild was soon to be established.
		In the 17th and 18th centuries the diamond presided as the ultimate in representing all that was wealth, prestige and power, and the huge import of diamonds during this period was nothing short of revolutionary.
	www.allaboutdiamonds.org /diamond-history.html (4564 words)

	An MBendi Profile: Botswana - Mining: Diamond Mining - Overview
		The Letlhakane mine near Orapa was founded in 1973, as was the much larger Jwaneng mine in the south of the country but, while Letlhakane came into production by 1977, Jwaneng did not start mining operations until 1982.
		Jwaneng is by far the richest and the largest of the three mines and one of the largest diamond mines in the world.
		Diamonds account for 60% of all prospecting licenses issued in Botswana, although the government is trying to diversify the focus of minerals exploration in the country.
	www.mbendi.co.za /indy/ming/dmnd/af/bo/p0005.htm (1097 words)

	~Diamond World~ Diamond News Archive~
		The Diamond Office was created by the Belgian government at the end of 1944, with the aim of regulating diamond manufacturing and trading in Antwerp in the aftermath of World War II, and came to coordinate the activities of various ministries within the diamond sector, monitoring the quality, quantity and value of imports and exports.
		The Diavik Diamond Mine is an unincorporated joint venture between DDMI with a 60 percent stake and Aber Diamond Limited Partnership with 40 percent.
		The Diavik Diamond Mine, located 300 km northeast of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories, is an unincorporated joint venture between DDMI with a 60 percent stake and Aber Diamond Limited Partnership with 40 percent.
	www.diamondworld.be /diamond-news-archive.php (15811 words)

	Diamondex Resources Ltd. - Diamonds History - Mon Mar 19, 2007
		The earliest producing diamond mines were in the Golconda region of India.
		Mining was well-established by the mid-seventeenth century and a single mine employed 60,000 persons to dig and carry the alluvial gravels that contained the diamonds.
		In China, diamonds were carried in the belief that they could thwart evil spirits and they became a symbol of strength, courage and invincibility.
	www.diamondex.net /s/DiamondHistory.asp (622 words)

	Digital Look - Firestone Diamonds (FDI), Charts, News, Financials, and More
		Turnover from Firestone's own mining operations increased during the year, with the second half of the year showing an increase of 6% from the first half, but the mining contractor problems at Oena and the continued strength in the rand resulted in overall group turnover declining 15% to £978,298.
		Diamonds produced continued to be approximately 85% gem quality, with an average size of 0.22 carats per stone.
		Diamonds have already been recovered from the property on which this deposit is located, proving that it is diamondiferous.
	www.digitallook.com /news/rns/403261-11849/FDI-Final_Results.html (3816 words)

	African Diamonds Runs Two Pronged Attack For Alluvials In Botswana and Primary Diamonds In Sierra Leone. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This licence is some 100 kilometres south east of De Beers' prolific Orapa kimberlite diamond mine and is thought to cover ancient palaeo alluvial channels which drained this primary source.
		Last year the Orapa mine produced 14.3 million carats of diamonds and the neighbouring Letlhakane diamond mine chipped in with another 1.03 million carats.
		However African Diamonds also has a foot in the primary camp through the Orapa licence which covers some 240 sq kms and runs alongside the eastern boundary of the Orapa mine.
	www.minesite.com /archives/news_archive/2003/oct-2003/africadiamonds141003.htm (748 words)

	ALROSA Jubilee and Wenco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Discovered in 1975, the Jubilee Diamond Mine is located in the northwest region of the Republic of Yakutiya-Sakha, 450 kilometers north of Mirny.
		The mine is located in a zone of continuous thick permafrost with an average annual air temperature of minus 13 degrees Celsius.
		The company's system are in use at BHP Billiton's Ekati mine in northern Canada, and in other diamond mines including DeBeer's Venetia Mine and Debswana's Orapa and Letlhakane mines.
	www.wencomine.com /pr_20040401.asp (425 words)

	African Diamonds Interim Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		RNS Number:3227K African Diamonds PLC 30 March 2005 Interim results for the six months to 31 December 2004 African Diamonds plc is an active mining explorer in Botswana, Sierra Leone and Guinea with the principal focus on Botswana where there has been considerable activity on the company's joint venture with De Beers.
		Diamond recovery wil continue to be carried out at the secure De Beers laboratory facility in Johannesburg.
		All diamond mining was alluvial until the recent start up of the Energem mine on Pipes 1 and 2 in Koidu.
	www.advfn.com /news_Interim-Results_10821329.html (1873 words)

	Mining Review Africa - Issue 1 2003
		The 82-million tonne stockpile, mined by PMC over a period of many years during the course of its open pit mining operations, will now be drawn on by Foskor to supplement its own production.
		In the case of Letlhakane—- sister mine of the larger and better-known Orapa mine nearby — the PC5500, a diesel-powered unit, will be the first Komatsu hydraulic shovel to be acquired by either of the two mines.
		All the mining equipment deployed at the Orapa/Letlhakane mines are diesel-powered due to the absence of electrical power supply into the pits at these operations.
	www.miningreview.com /archive/031/08_1.htm (1025 words)

	The Namibian \| Marketplace News \| Botswana to open fourth diamond mine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We will be mining 1,2 million tonnes of ore per annum for 25 years and we believe that it will be in full operation by 2003," said Debswana's Les Jones.
		Damtshaa is 20 kilometres east of Orapa mine in the north of the country.
		Other mines are Jwaneng mine in the south and Letlhakane also in the north.
	www.namibian.com.na /2001/March/marketplace/01DD7E1EBE.html (362 words)

	Botswana Diamond Mining & Agriculture.
		The largest of the diamond mines is located towards the central part of the country and is called Orapa.
		The Letlhakane mine began production in 1977 at a rate of 300 000 carats a year and rose to 400 000 by 1980.
		By January 1982 the mine was producing 3 million carats a year, rising to 4,5 million by 1985.
	www.botswana-safari.net /botswana_mining.html (611 words)

	Orapa diamond mine at AllExperts
		It is the oldest of four mines operated by the company, having begun operations in July 1971.
		Orapa is of open pit construction and is the largest diamond mine in the world by area.
		The mine is located on two kimberlite pipes that converge near the surface, covering 1.18 square kilometres at ground level.
	en.allexperts.com /e/o/or/orapa_diamond_mine.htm (340 words)

	Mining Technology - DEBSWANA DIAMOND MINES
		Since then, Debswana Diamond Company Ltd has opened three more open pits: Letlhakane, which is 50km from Orapa, in 1977; Jwaneng, 120km west of the capital city, Gaborone, in 1981–2; and the P225 million Damtshaa, which is 20km east of Orapa and is managed from there, in 2003.
		At Letlhakane, three different distinct episodes of intrusion are currently recognised in the D/K1 kimberlite, resulting in the formation of two ore types.
		LM2 (Letlhakane Mine 2) has a basalt content ranging from 5% to 80% while LM1, found in the northern half of the pipe, has less than 10% basalt.
	www.mining-technology.com /projects/debswana (880 words)

	List of Worldwide Diamond Mines
		Currently there are eleven major 'diamond producing' nations, and a host of other counties with operational and/or historic alluvial, open pit, and hard rock diamond mines.
		Finsch Diamond Mine: Finsch is an open-pit mine near Lime Acres, De Beers operated.
		Cempaka Diamond Mines: Alluvials mined by indigenous artisanal Kalimantan miners.
	www.khulsey.com /jewelry/diamond_mine_list.html (449 words)

	www.miningmx.com \| diamonds Diamond mine to cut capital cost
		The AK-6 mine, which has an estimated 12 year life of mine, and potential to go underground, is expected to start production in 2008.
		Diamonds produced from the mine will be marketed exclusively by De Beers and the diamond giant has first right of refusal to purchase the shares of the existing African Diamond directors.
		Meanwhile, Campbell said he would also join the board of West African Diamonds, a company due to be hived off from African Diamonds in December and consisting of its exploration assets in Sierra Leone.
	www.miningmx.com /diamonds/488711.htm (491 words)

	Press Release - Firestone Diamonds plc
		Orapa and Jwaneng are the two richest diamond mines in the world, producing approximately 29 million carats per annum with a value of over $2.5 billion.
		The project area adjoins the western boundary of the Orapa Mine, and the southern and eastern boundaries of the nearby Letlhakane Mine, which together produce approximately 17 million carats per annum with a value of about $1.3 billion.
		The project area is located at a distance of between 25 and 75 kilometres from the Jwaneng Mine, which produces approximately 12 million carats per annum with a value of over $1.5 billion.
	www.firestonediamonds.ac.psiweb.com /press/pr04120700.htm (1324 words)

	IMWA International Journal of Mine Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mine Water, 4 (3): 1-9, 5 fig., 3 tab.; Madrid.
		Mine Water, 4 (3): 11-23, 7 fig., 1 tab.; Madrid.
		Mine Water, 4 (3): 25-41, 5 fig., 2 tab.; Madrid.
	www.imwa.info /IMWA/Jour_043.html (121 words)

	Ethnocentrism and neoconservatism vs. Islamism - Physics Help and Math Help - Physics Forums
		The diamond mines are owned and operated by the Debswana Diamond Co., a joint venture owned equally by the Botswana government and De Beers Consolidated Mines of South Africa.
		By 1997, diamonds accounted for approximately 70 percent of Botswana's exports and for some 30 percent of the GDP ( Africa South of the Sahara 2000, pp.
		Diamonds are important but still only provide 1/3 of GDP and cannot explain more than a part of economic growth.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=45856 (5444 words)

	Debswana - Damtshaa Mine
		Commissioning of the Damtshaa Mine was carried out in the fourth quarter of 2002, with the first headfeed load recorded on the 28th October 2002.
		The carat profile for Damtshaa Mine is not smooth through the years due to the varying grades of the different rock types in the pits.
		The mine has been incorporated to the Orapa and Letlhakane Mines safety and environmental programmes, and hence it is ISO14001 certified.
	www.debswana.com /Debswana.Web/Operations/Damtshaa (282 words)

	African Diamonds Plc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The board of African Diamonds plc (AIM:AFD) is pleased to announce an update from analysis carried out on kimberlite pipe AK6 in the Orapa area of Botswana.
		The Letlhakane kimberlite pipe is similar in size to AK 6, produces diamonds at about the same grade as AK6, and has a diamond valuation per carat approaching US $200.
		The massive Orapa mine which is also in the vicinity has a valuation per carat of around US $50.
	www.afdiamonds.com /_news/22_12_04.shtml (492 words)

	Diamond miners charged
		Gaborone - Union leaders representing striking miners at three of Botswana's diamond mines will appear in court to face charges of contempt of court on Tuesday afternoon.
		Mining company Debswana said overall production had not yet been affected.
		He refuted reports attributed to the union that 95% of Debswana workers were on strike and the mines were at a standstill.
	www.news24.com /News24/AnanziArticle/0,,1518-24_1577835,00.html (352 words)

	Diamonds \| American Museum of Natural History
		The Jwaneng mine, in Botswana, is the most valuable diamond mine in the world.
		In the early days, from 1908 to 1910, diamonds were recovered from the coastal sands in Namibia by workers crawling on hands and knees.
		South Africa gained control of Namibia after World War I and sold the diamond deposits to Consolidated Diamond Mines (CDM), which was transferred to De Beers in 1929.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/diamonds/other.html (420 words)

	business.iafrica.com \| business news De Beers delve deeper into Botswana
		World number one diamond miner De Beers, 45 percent held by Anglo American (Anglo, AGL), and joint venture partner African Diamonds, which is listed on London's Alternative Investment Market, on Wednesday issued an update on diamond exploration in the Orapa area in Botswana.
		The pipe size and per carat value of diamonds bear comparison with the neighbouring, one million carat per annum Letlhakane Diamond Mine.
		The Letlhakane kimberlite pipe is similar in size to AK6, produces diamonds at about the same grade as AK6, and has a diamond valuation per carat approaching $200," Chairman of African Diamonds John Teeling said in a statement.
	business.iafrica.com /news/400290.htm (407 words)

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