Even with all the technological advancement and development in the field of exploration and
mining, the future of Rough Diamond production, from mines, looks bleak. As per DeBeers
estimates more than 8,000 kimberlites have been found, but only 67 had enough diamonds
to justify the economics of establishing a mine. Of those mines, just seven were major mines
like Jwaneng and Orapa in Botswana and Venetia in SA, generating 65% of global rough
diamond production by value