A vast mechanical monster rises from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Namibia, leaving a huge swell in its wake as seawater pours off its surface. The 285-tonne giant, dubbed "the butcher" by its ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia >> Dina Muhimba handles hundreds of diamonds every day in what she describes as a “no-mistake job.” Muhimba, who sorts gemstones at the Namibia Diamond Trading Company, sits at a ...

Namibia is one of Africa's top five diamond exporters, right behind Angola, Botswana, and South Africa. In 2022, the country exported more than $940 million worth of diamonds. The world's demand for ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The local beneficiation of Namibia’s diamonds remained a top priority for government and industry stakeholders, Namibia Diamond Commissioner Kennedy Hamutenya said on ...

Namibia has the richest known deposits of marine diamonds in the world, estimated at around 75 million carats ...

The demand for diamonds has increasingly dropped over the years, a move attributed to an increased market for synthetic diamonds, slacking demand from China, and global economic instability.Local ...

Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) has shared president Nangolo Mbumba's concerns over the implications of new G7 regulations requiring all non-Russian diamonds destined for G7 countries to be ...

Parked on the edge of a road near the mammoth dunes of the Namib Desert, I listen to the hiss of the windborne sand as it dulls the paint on my car. The bright sun reflects off the road sign in front ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia – Dina Muhimba handles hundreds of diamonds every day in what she describes as a "no-mistake job." Muhimba, who sorts gemstones at the Namibia Diamond Trading Company, sits at a long ...