Natural resources to shared national wealth

Gareth Penny addresses the Council on Foreign Relations

Gareth Penny, the Managing Director of De Beers Group talks about the role of business in Africa.

• Gareth Penny address to CFR June 2008 (PDF, 64KB)

• Gareth Penny at the Council on Foreign Relations

"Why a successful downstream diamond industry is important for Africa"

Gareth Penny, Managing Director, De Beers Group, speaks at the Antwerp Diamond Conference.

• Why a Successful Downstream Diamond Industry is Important for Africa (PDF, 35KB)

"Diamonds, development and democracy"

Nicky Oppenheimer, Chairman, De Beers addresses the annual Lubbock Lecture in Management Studies, Said Business School, Oxford University.

• Diamonds, development and democracy (PDF, 71KB)

• Listen to the speech

The official launch of DTC Botswana

Nicky Oppenheimer, Chairman, De Beers Group speaks at the official opening ceremonies of  the DTC Botswana in Gaborone.

• The Official Launch of DTC Botswana and the Opening of the DTC Botswana Building (PDF, 61KB)

"De Beers and sustainable partnerships in Africa"

Varda Shine, Managing Director of the Diamond Trading Company, speaks to the Foreign Press Association on sustainable partnerships in Africa.

• De Beers and sustainable partnerships in Africa - speech (PDF, 43KB)
• De Beers and sustainable partnerships in Africa - presentation (PDF, 1.6MB)

Turning natural resources to shared national wealth

Gareth Penny, Managing Director of De Beers Group highlights eight insights from De Beers relating to how business operating in Africa could turn natural resources into shared national wealth.

• CFR and Report to Society 2007 (PDF, 68KB)

Sparkling partnership enters exciting new era

The Government of Botswana and De Beers celebrated 36 years of partnership at an event in Gaborone today, and signed a suite of agreements that will cement one of the most enduring and most important partnerships in the global diamond industry for decades to come.

• Sparkling partnership enters exciting new era (PDF, 40KB)

South African government and De Beers partner for diamond sustainability

South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) and global mining group De Beers today announced a ground breaking agreement heralding a new era of cooperation, aimed at creating an even more empowered and sustainable diamond mining and exploration industry in the country.

• Amalgamation of Namaqualand Mines and Alexkor (PDF, 51KB)