De Beers Profiled

Diamond giant De Beers Consolidated Mines (Ltd) (DBCM) has achieved a great deal in its empowerment of women, not only in executive management but more especially at an operational level.

DebTech, the research and development arm of De Beers, has developed body scanning technology which is currently used on De Beers mines in South Africa and Namibia.

Scannex is a low X-ray dose, full-body scanner  with an X-ray exposure small enough to allow for a number of scans to be performed on a person each year without health risks. 

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- In November 2002, a unique alliance of 50 countries, the United Nations, a number of leading non- governmental organizations and the diamond industry came together to tackle the scourge of conflict diamonds. 

Sheila Khama, CEO De Beers Botswana, talks to Richard Lapper of the Financial Times about signs of recovery in the diamond industry, and its impact on Botswana.

For many African countries the discovery of diamonds has turned into a curse, with ‘blood’ or ‘conflict diamonds’ fuelling exploitation, subversion and division.  But in Botswana, it’s a different story.

Mahiar Borhanjoo, the DTC’s director of Sales and Sightholder Services, did not begin his career in diamonds. Before joining the company in 2008, he worked at Etelcare Global Solutions, Dell, American Express, Intuit, Belkin, UCSF and AT&T. But, he tells Antwerp Facets, the diamond industry is different. The passion and the integrity are stronger than in any other industry he has worked.