3: Mining

We mine above ground, below ground, along the courses of ancient rivers, on coasts, under the sea and beneath frozen lakes, in four countries on two continents, always in partnership with our host communities. We work responsibly to make sure that, when diamonds are found, they play a central role in the community’s efforts to create jobs, improve education and healthcare, and build infrastructure.

We use huge earth-moving equipment in the mines. Trucks with 250 tonne payloads and tyres twice as tall as an average man carry diamond-rich kimberlite from the mines to be processed, and we train a workforce to run them.

Off the Namibian coast, we recover diamonds from the ocean floor using advanced technology on vessels that are virtually floating mines.