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De Beers to start underwater mining of diamonds

Ship named 'Peace in Africa'

diamond world news service

For the first time in the history of mining of diamonds, De Beers has launched diamind mining vessel which it has named 'Peace in Africa'.

The company will mine for marine diamonds in the Atlantic, off Namaqualand in the Northern Cape Province.

The vessel is equipped with a large undersea tracked mining tool (crawler) and has a specialised diamond recovery treatment plant on board.


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