South African Diamond producer De Beers Consolidated Mines is to press ahead with a US $45 million diamond mine in Botswana, ‘allAfrica.com’ reported on Wednesday. The new mine would consists of four small pipes about 20 kilometers east of the existing Orapa mine in central Botswana. Debswana - which is a 50:50 partnership between the Botswana government and De Beers - will start preparations for the mining of the pipes next year in January. The new mining initiative will create about 180 new jobs. It will confirm Botswana as one of the world’s largest producer of diamonds with a combined annual output of more than 25 million carats.
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