Diamonds
Namdeb
Namibian diamond mining company reformed in 1994 as an equal 50:50 joint venture between the Namibian government and De Beers. It mines onshore and near-shore deposits along the Atlantic coast around Oranjemund.
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Oranjemund
Overview
What Namdeb does
Namibian diamond mining company reformed in 1994 as an equal 50:50 joint venture between the Namibian government and De Beers. It mines onshore and near-shore deposits along the Atlantic coast around Oranjemund.
Namdeb mines land-based and shallow-water diamond deposits along the Orange River and Namibia's southern coastline near Oranjemund, complementing De Beers' separate offshore marine diamond operations run through Debmarine Namibia.
Diamonds
Production
Output by commodity
Diamonds2,082,000caratsDe Beers) (Namibia (Debmarine Namibia 1,435k ct + Namdeb land operations 647k ct), 100% basisSource