Top 10 Diamond Producing Countries in Africa 2024

Top 10 Diamond Producing Countries in Africa 2024

the African continent is blessed with
abundant Diamond reserves with countries
from the continent dominating the list
of the top 10 Diamond producing
countries in the world giving stiff
competition to countries such as Russia
Canada and Australia diamond is known to
be the hardest mineral and the second
most valuable mineral after gold in this
video we are going to cover the top 10
largest diamond producing countries in
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Africa number 10 Guinea
12877 Kats diamond mining in Guinea is
primarily aluvial deposits spreading
across the country’s interior regions
although Guinea is one of the largest
diamond producing countries in Africa
most of the country’s diamonds are
smuggled out of the country and
consequently not recorded as exports the
country produces about
28,730 karat of diamond annually valued
at about 6.6 million USD
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number nine Tanzania
375,000 karat Tanzania is well known for
its prolific Diamond industry and is the
largest diamond producing country in the
east African region the Williamson
diamond mine located near the town of
moza is the main source of diamonds in
the country the country produces
375,000 karat of diamonds annually
valued at about 111 million
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USD number eight Sierra Leon
688,000 one of the countries on the
African continent blessed with abundant
Diamond reserves the country produces
688,000
1970 karats of diamonds annually valued
at about 143 million USD the mining
sector in Sierra Leon is comprised of
artisinal Miners and formal operations
playing a significant role in the
country’s economy
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number seven leoto
72773 carats loto is yet another country
located in southern Africa blessed with
huge diamond reserves the country
produces about
72773 Kats of diamonds annually valued
at
314. 3 million USD the maluti mountain
including the leang mine are the most
important mines producing exceptionally
high quality diamond crystals
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number six Namibia 2 million Kats
Namibia is one of the few countries in
the world producing diamonds through
Marine mining the world’s richest Marine
Diamond deposits are found in Namibia
Namibia is respected in the global
Diamond industry for its dedication to
sustainable and ethical mining the
country produces about 2 million karats
of diamonds anually
valued at 1.2 billion
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USD number five Zimbabwe 4.4 million
karats Zimbabwe is another significant
Diamond producing country located in
southern Africa the country produces
about 4.4 million Kats of diamonds
annually valued at about 423.15
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million karat Angola has an extensive
Diamond reserves estimated at 180
million Kats principally located in the
provinces of lunda Norte and lunda Su
the largest and the most important
diamond mine in Angola is the Koka mine
regarded as the fourth largest
kimberlite in the world and one of the
largest diamond mines in the world
producing about 7 million Kats annually
Angola produces about 8.8 million karats
of diamonds annually valued at about 1
.9 billion
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USD number three South Africa 9.7
million karats diamond mining in South
Africa has been in operation for more
than 150 years with the first mine
established by cisil roads in 1888
through his company the beas which is
now the world’s biggest mining company
the world’s largest diamond ever found
the cooling and Diamond was discovered
in South Africa in 1905 the huge Stone
was cut into nine pieces to decorate the
British crown jewel South Africa
produces about 9.7 million Kats of
diamonds annually valued at 1.5 billion
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number two the Democratic Republic of
the Congo 9.9 million karats the
Democratic Republic of the Congo has a
long history of diamond production and
is currently the second largest diamond
producing country in Africa and the
fourth largest in the world the DRC
produces about 9.9 million karats of
diamonds annually valued at 65 million
USD diamond mining in DRC is largely
done by the informal sectors and not
companies and is unfortunately M with
corruption conflict and genoside
diamonds from the Congo are normally
branded conflict diamonds or blood
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diamonds number one Botswana 24.5
million karat located in southern Africa
Botswana is the largest producer of
diamonds in Africa and the second
largest producer in the world after
Russia the country produces about 24.5
million karats of diamonds annually
valued at about 4.7 billion USD Botswana
has seven diamond mines but the two most
important ones are the janang and oraa
mines also regarded as the two most
prolific mines in the world the two mins
are co-owned by the government of
Botswana and a private company called
the
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The African Continent is blessed with abundant diamond reserves with Countries from the Continent dominating the list of the Top 10 diamond-producing countries in the World giving stiff competition to Countries such as Russia, Canada, and Australia. Diamond is known to be the hardest mineral and the second most valuable mineral after Gold. In this video, we are going to cover the Top 10 largest diamond-producing countries in Africa.

Timestamps
00:00 – Intro
00:54 – Guinea
01:40 – Tanzania
02:23 – Sierra Leone
03:10 – Lesotho
04:05 – Namibia
04:46 – Zimbabwe
05:24 – Angola
06:15 – South Africa
07:03 – DRC
07:56 – Botswana
08:43 – Outro

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