De Beers Marine is this year set to boost diamond output at its operations off the coast of Namibia following a slump in 2008.
Cape Business News quoted Debmarine Namibia spokesperson Stella Auala as saying that the company was currently operating at 100 percent of its fleet capacity with a total of five mining vessels.
She said Debmarine Namibia was also focusing on increasing resource development capacity, as a result of an increase in the production fleet.
The company’s mining license area covered a total area of about 6,000 square kilometers and had since 2006 produced 1 million carats per annum until the 2008 slump.
Debmarine Namibia produced 990,000 carats last year and indications were that the 1 million carat mark would be surpassed this year, CBN reports.
Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor in Chief of the African Bureau, Rough&Polished
