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Merger of Mining Interests
- When
- 1888
- Where
- Kimberley
De Beers Consolidated Mines was formed in 1888 by merging the companies of diamond magnates Barney Barnato and Cecil Rhodes.
The company was created in 1888 through the merger of the diamond mining companies held by Barney Barnato and Cecil Rhodes. Sole ownership of all diamond mining operations in South Africa was not an immediate outcome of the merger; it was reached by this later time, following a seventeen-year campaign of buying up smaller operations in the Kimberley area.
Sources
- De Beers Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
- Cecil Rhodes Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
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