Alleged illegal diamond mining is taking place on communally owned land in the remote Richtersveld, leaving the landscape and the !Ama (Nama) people devastated.
South Africa has submitted more than 50 species to the Red List of threatened species every year for the past three years from the Richtersveld region alone due to expanding diamond mining, ongoing ...
Lucapa Diamond Company Limited is currently facing operational disruptions at its Lulo Alluvial Diamond Mine in Angola due to a blockade by local community leaders. The blockade, ...
Alluvial diamonds were initially found along the coastal strip of Namibia (South West Africa) near Luderitz in 1908, then in 1925 (17 years later) rich deposits were discovered and registered by ...
The four major kinds of diamond mining — open-pit, underground, alluvial and marine — all have harmful impacts. These include soil erosion, which contributes to deforestation, as well as ...