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- Passenger from Angola Caught with 11,000 Undeclared Diamonds
on 17 December 2025 at 10:00 amA passenger arriving in Germany from Angola was found to be carrying 11,270 rough diamonds concealed in the false bottom of his carry-on luggage, according to customs officers at Frankfurt am Main Airport. The 53-year-old man, whose identity was ...
- IMF Cautions Botswana: Don't Buy De Beerson 15 December 2025 at 2:00 pm
The IMF has cautioned Botswana's authorities against increasing the country's stake in De Beers. It says the country's economy is struggling with weak diamond demand and fiscal pressures, and increasing its stake above the current 15 per cent would...
- Alrosa Upbeat, Despite Tariffs and Lab Grownson 14 December 2025 at 9:00 am
Alrosa CEO Pavel Maryinchev gave a remarkably upbeat assessment of the natural diamond market, telling the Times of India (TOI) that the industry is adapting well to US tariffs and that the threat from synthetic diamonds is diminishing. Maryinchev....
- Police and Namdia to Tighten Security after $17m Diamond Heiston 10 December 2025 at 2:00 pm
Namibia's police force and its state-run diamond marketing company will work together to tighten security, after the armed raid in January in which $17m of rough stones were stolen and a security supervisor was shot dead. Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia)...
- Botswana Mining Boss Warns of Diamond Job Losseson 1 December 2025 at 4:00 am
The president of the Botswana Mine Workers Union is warning that US tariffs could make matters even worse for a country that has already seen diamond revenues plummet. Joseph Tsimako, representing 10,000 mine workers, fears his members could be...