FutureSmart Mining, together with its longstanding innovation and technology programmes, is part of what makes diamond company De Beers stand out as “the world’s leading diamond company”, says De Beers Group managed operations MD Moses Madondo. “De Beers has been an industry leader in innovation and technology, whether it’s in exploration, recovery, the sale of rough diamonds, consumer confidence or marketing and research,” he says, adding that he has been “impressed by the amount of technological research and development and the application of new technologies across the business”.