Karowe Mine pushes Lucara revenue up 20%
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Diamond sales grew due to higher prices despite a 6 percent drop in the volume of diamonds sold to 104,405 carats.
The company stated that the average value of its rough diamonds increased 56 percent to $675 per carat. All of Lucara’s diamonds came from Karowe mine in Botswana, which is the company’s sole producing mine.
But as the conference concludes, Batswana must ask: Will this be another talk shop, or will it spark real change? The answer lies in whether every stakeholder, from the President to community leaders, transforms rhetoric into action.The President rightly highlighted that crime, especially GBV, thrives in private spaces. His call to empower churches and counsellors as early warning systems is sensible. But good ideas mean little without funding...