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Diamond hunters will be searching for valuable gems at 140 metres below sea level in this state-of-the...
Andrei VesselovskiDiamond hunters will be searching for valuable gems at 140 metres below sea level in this state-of-the-art £122 million trawler
With Namibia's land supply of diamonds expected to run out within 15 years, company De Beers and the Namibian Government are moving more and more into offshore exploration.
They have now inaugurated the mv SS Nujoma - a 12,000 tonne, 113 metre long vessel described as the world's largest and most advanced diamond exploration and sampling vessel.
It uses unique technology to scan the seafloor for potential diamond hotbeds before using a crawler to dredge the area.
The crawler can lift 60 tonnes of sediment each hour to the vessel through a giant pipe attached
With Namibia's land supply of diamonds expected to run out within 15 years, company De Beers and the Namibian Government are moving more and more into offshore exploration.
They have now inaugurated the mv SS Nujoma - a 12,000 tonne, 113 metre long vessel described as the world's largest and most advanced diamond exploration and sampling vessel.
It uses unique technology to scan the seafloor for potential diamond hotbeds before using a crawler to dredge the area.
The crawler can lift 60 tonnes of sediment each hour to the vessel through a giant pipe attached
