East Kimberley traditional owners are concerned Rio Tinto's closure plan will leave them with "a giant hole in the ground ...

A South African diamond mine is being shut down after a mudslide trapped five miners underground and the company says they are presumed dead.

May 21 (Reuters) - Diamond miner De Beers Group said it was putting its Kimberley Mines in South Africa up for sale as the operation no longer fits the company's strategic plan. De Beers said it hoped ...

Five miners presumed dead after a mudslide at Ekapa Mine in Kimberley. The company announces liquidation amid an unfavorable diamond market. This decision ends a 158-year diamond mining legacy, ...

The Ekapa mine in Kimberley has shut down with immediate effect. The five workers who were trapped underground are now presumed dead.

KIMBERLEY, South Africa (Reuters) - The first South African project to bring illegal miners into the formal fold has been plagued by violence in diamond capital Kimberley, dealing a major blow to ...

Mining analyst Peter Major says standalone diamond mines struggle to survive over the long term due to volatile prices.

South Africa’s diamond industry has deep roots anchored by the historic Kimberley and the active Venetia mines. The sector has evolved from the pioneering days symbolized by Kimberley’s Big Hole to ...