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By Samina Aamir

Mining companies produce and sell rough diamonds. Given the very high expense of operating a diamond mine, many diamond mining companies are public and/or owned by governments.[citation needed]

The largest diamond company in the world is Alrosa, which surpassed De Beers in carat production in 2008.[15] Alrosa is government owned, so is not listed on the stock market. De Beers is privately owned by Anglo American (85%) and the Botswana government (15%), so its shares are not traded on the stock market.[16] The Oppenheimer family had previously owned a 40% stake in De Beers, but this was sold to Anglo American plc in 2011.[17] Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton[citation needed] are the next largest producers, but diamond mining is a small part of their commodity portfolio.