De Beers and the Namibian government is jointly owned by Namdeb Holdings, which operates in diamond mining along the southwestern coast of the country, ground operations in Oranjemund (Oranjemund), as well as mines near Luderitz (Lüderitz) and along the Orange River.
Local newspaper The Southern Times reports that the official Windhoek received from diamond giant 2.2 billion rand in the form of corporate tax, 1.1 billion rand in royalties and $ 700 million rand in dividends.
It is expected that Namibia will also receive up to 6 billion rand given 2 billion rand from the state-owned company Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia).
Namdia was formed after last May, De Beers has agreed to sell the Namibian diamonds produced by Namdeb, worth about 2 billion rand a year.
Namdeb Holdings production fell in 2016 by 11% to 1.6 million carats from 1.8 million carats a year earlier due to reduced production Debmarine Namibia.
The vessel is the last planned maintenance is expanded in the port. Namdeb also recorded a decline in production at its ground operations.
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Botswana Diamonds said that the large-diameter drilling program will soon begin in the license area 186 (PL 186), which is part of a Braytstoun (Brightstone) near PIMU (Gope).
This unit belongs Maibwe Diamonds, a private company controlled by the BCL of the state, which, in turn, produces nickel and copper in Botswana.
BCL owns a 51 percent stake in Maibwe, while Botswana Diamonds owns 15% of its shares.
Maibwe Diamonds will be to drill large diameter for the determination of larger diamonds. This program is a continuation of last year's drilling in the area PL 186, in which was found a number of kimberlite indicator mineral.
Drilling should confirm the results of the program in 2015 and help create a clearer picture of the distribution of diamonds of different sizes and their content in kimberlite. In Botswana Diamonds said that exploration activities will be carried out at other licensed blocks Maibwe.
"Now we know that in PL 186 has diamonds upcoming drilling will establish the quality and content of the rock.", - said General Director of Botswana Diamonds Dzhon Tiling (John Teeling).
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