| Countries for Diamond Production Chart |
C-te d-Ivoire
Ivory Coast or C?te d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of C?te d'Ivoire, is a country in West Africa.Ivory Coast has, for the region, a relatively high income per capita (USD 960 in 2007) and plays a key role in transit trade for neighboring, landlocked countries. The country is the largest economy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, constituting 40 percent of the monetary union¡¯s total GDP. The country is the world's largest exporter of Cocoa beans, and the fourth largest exporter of goods, in general, in sub-Saharan Africa (following South Africa, Nigeria and Angola). In 2009, the cocoa bean farmers earned $2.53 billion for cocoa exports and is expected to produce 630,000 metric tons in 2013.The Ivory Coast also has 100,000 rubber farmers which earned a total of $105 million in 2012.Natural resources include petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron, cobalt, bauxite, copper, and hydropower.In 2005 the UN Security Council banned Ivoirian diamond exports because the gems financed the purchase of guns used in the country's civil strife.
Continent: Africa
PRODUCTION(Thousand carats)
| Type | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | Gemstones | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | Industrial | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ghana
Ghana,officially the Republic of Ghana, is a sovereign state and unitary presidential constitutional republic located on the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the Africa frontier of Sub-Saharan Africa.Ghana is a wealthy natural resource rich country possessing a great abundance of industrial minerals, hydrocarbons and other vast array of natural resources.The economy of this country is buoyed by its rich and diverse industrial minerals, petroleum, and natural gas. It is also one of the world¡¯s largest exporters of cocoa. Ghana is considered among the top producers of diamonds in the world. In fact, its exportation of diamond, along with gold, is one of the country¡¯s major sources of revenues.Ghana was the world's 7th largest producer of gold in 2012; producing 102 metric tons of gold and the 9th largest reserves of diamonds in the world.
Continent: Africa
PRODUCTION(Thousand carats)
| Type | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | Gemstones | 768 | 671 | 478 | 301 | 300 | | Industrial | 192 | 168 | 120 | 75 | 75 |
| Guinea
Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea, is a country in West Africa.Guinea has abundant natural resources including 25 percent or more of the world's known bauxite reserves. Guinea also has diamonds, gold, and other metals. The country has great potential for hydroelectric power. Bauxite and alumina are currently the only major exports. Other industries include processing plants for beer, juices, soft drinks and tobacco. Agriculture employs 80 percent of the nation's labor force. Under French rule, and at the beginning of independence, Guinea was a major exporter of bananas, pineapples, coffee, peanuts, and palm oil.Guinea's economy is largely dependent on agriculture and mineral production. It is the world's second largest producer of bauxite, and has rich deposits of diamonds and gold.
Continent: Africa
PRODUCTION(Thousand carats)
| Type | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | Gemstones | 355 | 815 | 2,500 | 557 | 550 | | Industrial | 118 | 200 | 600 | 139 | 130 |
| Lesotho
Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, completely surrounded by its only neighbouring country, South Africa. The economy of Lesotho is based on agriculture, livestock, manufacturing and mining, and depends heavily on inflows of workers¡¯ remittances and receipts from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).Diamonds are Lesotho's significant natural resources.Diamonds are produced in Letseng, Mothae, Liqhobong and Kao mines.
Continent: Africa
PRODUCTION(Thousand carats)
| Type | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | Gemstones | 231 | 454 | 450 | 450 | 460 |
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