{"id":46015,"date":"2025-04-23T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46015"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T09:44:48","slug":"jwaneng-diamond-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jwaneng-diamond-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Jwaneng Diamond Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jwaneng Diamond Mine Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Jwaneng Diamond Mine is the richest diamond mine globally, with an estimated value of 1 billion euros.<\/p>\n<h2>About Jwaneng Diamond Mine<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jwaneng Diamond Mine, dubbed the &#8216;<strong>Prince of Mines,&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0is located in\u00a0<strong>Botswana<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is the\u00a0<strong>world&#8217;s richest diamond mine<\/strong>\u00a0by value.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The mine lies on the\u00a0<strong>edge of the Kalahari Desert.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is situated\u00a0<strong>in an ancient volcanic crater<\/strong>\u00a0about 170 km southwest of Botswana&#8217;s capital, Gaborone.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The mine is\u00a0<strong>operated by Debswana<\/strong>, a\u00a0<strong>joint venture between De Beers,\u00a0<\/strong>a leading diamond company, and the\u00a0<strong>Botswana government.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Jwaneng, which means &#8220;a place of gems&#8221; in Setswana,\u00a0<strong>sits atop a kimberlite pipe<\/strong>, a\u00a0<strong>volcanic formation that brings diamonds from deep\u00a0<\/strong>within the Earth&#8217;s mantle to the surface.<\/li>\n<li>The mine&#8217;s history dates back to the 1970s when De Beers discovered the site, and it has been\u00a0<strong>operating since 1982.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Over the years, it has\u00a0<strong>produced millions of carats of diamonds<\/strong>\u00a0from its\u00a0<strong>three main kimberlite pipes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In 2023 alone, Jwaneng produced 13.3 million carats, solidifying its reputation as the world&#8217;s richest diamond mine, valued at an estimated \u00a31 billion.<\/li>\n<li>Jwaneng has played a\u00a0<strong>crucial role in Botswana&#8217;s economy<\/strong>. It is estimated that the mine&#8217;s revenue has crossed $96 billion since its inception.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mining at Jwaneng is highly advanced,<\/strong>\u00a0with large drills loosening the rock, and trucks transporting it to a processing plant.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Here, diamonds are separated using state-of-the-art technologies like X-ray and laser sorters.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Jwaneng was the\u00a0<strong>first in Botswana to receive ISO 14001 certification for its eco-friendly practices.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/the-billion-dollar-diamond-treasure-inside-a-volcano-in-africa-jwaneng-mine-8225733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Jwaneng Diamond Mine in Botswana, known as the &#8216;Prince of Mines&#8217;\u2014one of the world\u2019s richest diamond mines by value and a true gem of Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[236,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-46015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-jwaneng-diamond-mine","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}