Debswana to re-open Damtshaa Mine next year

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After a three-year shutdown, Debswana diamond mining company says it will reopen its Damtshaa Mine next year.

Damtshaa was mothballed in early 2009 along with all other Debswana mines at the peak of the global economic recession that knocked down demand and prices for diamonds.

However, Debswana's other mines - Jwaneng, Orapa and Letlhakane - were reopened after three months while Orapa No. 2 Plant was reopened later in 2009.

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