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  Kimberley - the diamond capital of South Africa

  A few kilometres from the city centre lies Kimberley’s oldest residential suburb, Belgravia, which dates back to the 1870s. These homes were built at the peak of diamond trade. This is where South Africa's mining dynasty's patriarch, Harry Oppenheimer, was born.

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  Home | Lower Orange River Diamonds (LOR)

  The Lower Orange River Diamonds operations are situated in a remote desert wilderness area along the banks of the South African side of the Lower Orange River, which forms the border between South Africa and Namibia. This Mining License covers a total combined area of 41,334ha. 41 334 hectares of land. Junior diamond miners - 10.

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  Finsch ♦ Petra Diamonds

  Finsch In operation since 1967, Finsch is one of the world’s most significant diamond mines and South Africa’s second largest diamond operation by production. The mine benefits from state-of-the-art mining infrastructure, including a modern processing plant – having gone underground in 1990.

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  Precious Metals and Diamond Mining in South Africa to 2023

  2019315 · GlobalData's "Precious Metals and Diamond Mining in South Africa to 2023" comprehensively covers South African reserves of gold, platinum and diamond, reserves by country and grade, the historic and forecast data on South African precious metals (gold and platinum) and diamond production. The report also includes factors …

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  Brief history of diamond mining in South Africa - Mining for …

  4  · Brief history of diamond mining in South Africa. INCLUDING MAJOR EVENTS. 1867. Diamonds are discovered in the Cape Colony – now the Northern Cape – when 15-year-old Erasmus Jacobs finds a transparent rock on his father’s farm. The rock is later known as the 21.19ct Eureka diamond.

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  The Big Hole, Kimberley: The Complete Guide - TripSavvy

  2020410 · Although Kimberley is now the capital and largest city of South Africa ’s Northern Cape province, none of it existed before diamonds were discovered in the area some 150 years ago. At the heart of the mining industry upon which the city was built is The Big Hole, a vast open-cast and underground diamond mine founded in 1871. More …

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  (PDF) A review of the alluvial diamond industry …

  2023725 · Venetia Mine, South Africa’s leading diamond mine, ceased open pit mining operations in December 2022 after 30 years of production from the Tier 1 asset. De Beers embarked on the US$2.3 billion underground expansion in 2012, in what represents the biggest single investment in the country’s diamond mining industry in decades.

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  mobile Boesman diamond jig | Extrac-Tec

  The EJ-1 Boesman/Digger’s Dream jig is a small, mobile, heavy mineral separator that’s ideal for exploration projects, small diamond mining operations or preparing diamond concentrate in final recoveries for sorting. The mobile, heavy concentrator is widely used in Southern and Western Africa, especially in the diamond industry, for ...

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  Botswana Diamonds begins mining in South Africa

  2023329 · Botswana Diamonds (LON: BOD) has begun mining at Marsfontein in South Africa, as a proof-of-concept trial project that it expects will help improve operations at its larger Thorny River project.

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