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    • ABOUT NAMDEB
    • GROUP STRUCTURE
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • NAMDEB LEADERSHIP TEAM
  • OPERATIONS
    • SOUTHERN COASTAL MINES
    • ORANGE RIVER MINES
    • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    • CONTRACTOR TREATMENT FACILITY
    • SAFETY & HEALTH
    • MINING PROCESS FLOW
  • SUSTAINABILITY
    • PARTNERING FOR THRIVING COMMUNITIES
    • PROTECTING THE NATURAL WORLD
    • ACCELERATING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
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    • ABOUT NAMDEB
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    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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    • SOUTHERN COASTAL MINES
    • ORANGE RIVER MINES
    • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
    • CONTRACTOR TREATMENT FACILITY
    • SAFETY & HEALTH
    • MINING PROCESS FLOW
  • SUSTAINABILITY
    • PARTNERING FOR THRIVING COMMUNITIES
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Accretion

Accretion, the opposite of erosion, is a gradual process in which layers of a material are formed as small amounts are added over time.

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Exploration

Once an area has been opened for mining through accretion, exploration work commences to determine the availability of resources in the area.

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Strip mining

A form of surface mining which involves the removal of a layer of material known as overburden to access buried mineral deposits.

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Bedrock cleaning and Bulk Excavation

The main function of bulk excavation and bedrock cleaning is to extract all diamondiferous gravel from the bedrock footwall.

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Loading & Hauling

The collected/bulked diamondiferous material is loaded onto ridged frame trucks (RFT’s) with a Front-End loader through the process of Loading & Hauling.

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Treatment

The concentration process of the ore consists of crushing, screening, scrubbing and dense-medium separation.

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Dimond Sorting

Concentrated diamond rich materials are introduced into the Red Area Complex (RAC) by means of concentrate transfer silos or dumper trucks from the various sources.

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Final product

After treatment, the concentrated diamond rich material is transported to the Red Area Complex for final recovery through x-ray luminescence technology and sorting of diamonds. As part of sorting, mat

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CONTACT

Namdeb Head Office:
Address: 10 Dr Frans Indongo Street, Namdeb Centre, 10th Floor, Windhoek

Phone:
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OUR LINKS

  • De Beers Group
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PUBLICATIONS

  • Celebrating Namdeb Gems: Mining New Talents
  • Celebrating Namdeb gems: The value of Inclusion
  • Celebrating Namdeb Gems: Polishing new talent
  • Celebrating Namdeb Gems: Building on a Shiny Legacy
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