With its new and improved deal and higher standing on the worldwide stage, perhaps the time has come for Botswana to shoulder some extra accountability. Indeed, I typically surprise how lengthy will most likely be earlier than De Beers retreats into changing into solely a diamond mining company. It should be remembered that as the assorted negotiations happen and producers squeeze more and more out of the value equation, it might turn out to be untenable financially for De Beers to proceed a few of its market-based actions. Of course, in the good old days De Beers was the custodian …
