A Look At World's Top 7 Diamond Producing Countries
Russia
Russia is said to have the worlds largest and richest diamond reserves. By volume, they are the greatest producer and exporter of rough diamonds in the world.
Botswana
Botswana is the worlds top diamond producer in terms of value and second in terms of volume.
Democratic Republic of Congo
Despite the fact that the Democratic Republic of Congo is Africas top diamond producer. Despite a steep drop in production in recent years, the DRC has a long history as a diamond-mining country and is now the third largest diamond-producing country.
Australia
Australia is a major player in the diamond industry, since it it the worlds largest producer of color diamonds. Australia is known for its pink, purple, and red diamonds, as well as producing some of the worlds best yellow diamonds.
Canada
Canada is on the 5th list in the category of most producing diamond countries in the world.
South Africa
The modern diamond industry pretty much starts with South Africa. Currently, South Africa produces 7,700,000 carats of diamonds per year.
Namibia
Diamond mining in Namibia started over 100 years ago in 1908 and currently, Namibia is one of the major producers of diamonds in the world.