Finestar Diamonds opens manufacturing factory

The official ribbon cutting at the inauguration
The official ribbon cutting at the inauguration

Finestar Diamonds Botswana, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finestar Jewellery and Diamonds of India, officially opened its factory in Gaborone yesterday.

Finestar is a sightholder of De Beers specialising in manufacturing of polished diamonds ranging from one to plus-10 carats in size of all colours and clarities. The factory in Block 3 will cut, polish and manufacture jewellery from the rough diamonds Finestar buys from De Beers under its status as a sightholder.

Finestar Diamonds Jewellery currently employs almost 20 Batswana staff, with prospects of employing 70 more in future. 

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