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Angola
Alrosa stakes indirect claim in SML

The Russian diamond giant will only have indirect shares in the new kimberlite mine in Luele in north-eastern Angola. An unknown Emirati company is its third-biggest shareholder with 19.5%. [...]

Published on 22/12/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Office of Russian diamond producer Alrosa in Moscow, 27 April 2022.

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The West's sanctions on the Russian mining colossus Alrosa, the world's largest diamond producer, are taking a huge toll on Angola, its main partner. That has left the field open for the world's second largest diamond producer, Botswana, to charge ahead.

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Angolan President Joao Lourenco (C) watches as Endiama CEO Jose Manuel Augusto Ganga Junior (L) shakes hands with Alrosa CEO Sergei Ivanov (R), in the Kremlin in Moscow, 4 April 2019.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Angola
Alrosa stakes indirect claim in SML

Angola
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Alrosa works on exit (and return) strategy for Catoca diamond mine

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Alrosa negotiates exit from Catoca diamond mine

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