when was de beers founded
De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa. On 13 March 1888, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. was founded to exercise control over virtually all diamond production in South Africa.he biggest shareholder in De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is Anglo American PLC. Today the company remains the biggest producer and distributor of diamonds in the world, and has interests in synthetic diamonds, minerals, ores and mining, and processing equipment.