Cote d’Ivoire: Ivory Coast Plans to Revive Diamond Production

Ivory Coast plans to restart diamond production in Séguéla, a former mining hub in the country’s northwest, as the government seeks to revive a sector that has been in decline for decades.

Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, minister of mines, petroleum and energy, announced the plan during a visit to Séguéla on June 25. He said the government had approval to relaunch diamond production in the region, once one of Ivory Coast’s main diamond-producing areas.

The government is working with Botswana,…