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Williamson Mine

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Williamson Mine

Location: 5 km NE from Kolandoto, Tanzania

Regional Office:

B 6
Kolandoto
Tanzania

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Diamond
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Williamson mine is renowned for producing beautifully rounded white diamonds and distinctive “bubble-gum” pink diamonds. Following the closure of Argyle, Williamson has become one of the most reliable sources of pink diamonds globally.

Williamson restarted production in July 2023 ahead of schedule, followed by a steady ramp-up through the Year. This enabled access to higher-grade ore. The Williamson grade profile is not homogenous and is governed by the rate of mining and stripping and which areas can be opened up for production at any given time.

In May 2025, the mine was sold to a private company. Since then, detailed information about the asset has not been publicly available.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Government of Tanzania 25 % Indirect
Taifa Group 75 % Indirect
Pink Diamonds Investments Limited (operator) 100 % Direct
Since 2025, the Williamson mine has been owned by Pink Diamonds, a group company of the Taifa Group — a leading technical mining services provider — in partnership with the Government of the Republic of Tanzania.

On 14 May 2025, Petra Diamonds completed the sale of its entire shareholding in the entity holding its interest in Williamson Diamonds Limited, together with all related shareholder loans, to Pink Diamonds Investments Limited.

Pink Diamond Investment is a Tanzanian entity affiliated with Taifa Group. Taifa now assumes full ownership of an asset. Pink Diamonds Investments, backed by Taifa Group, is well-positioned to manage the mine.

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Deposit type

  • Kimberlite

Summary:

The mine is an open pit operation based upon the 146 hectare Mwadui kimberlite pipe, which is the world’s largest economic kimberlite to have seen continuous mining.

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Water usage

Parameter20242023202220212020
Water use efficiency 1.14 m3/t1.86 m3/t2.06 m3/t1.45 m3/t
Fresh water 3,404,327 m3
Recycled water 14,520,436 m319,508,070 m3
Surface water 5,628,852 m3138,286 m3
Third-party water 1,758,721 m3191,994 m3

Commodity Production

During 2023, there was lower production due to Williamson being on care and maintenance for around 7 months of the year.

Restarted production in July 2023 ahead of schedule with steady ramp-up through FY2024.
CommodityProductUnits202420232022202020192018201720162015
Diamond Crystals carats  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Diamond carats  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe399,615341,102225,202212,869202,265

Operational metrics

Metrics202420232022202020192018201720162015
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5,495,470 t5,045,284 t4,071,592 t4,420,632 t4,426,044 t

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Operating Costs

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Mine Financials

Units20242023202220212020201920182017
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Operating Income M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe -50   13.4   -2.9  
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Personnel

Mine Management

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Workforce

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