September 22, 2019

Canadian student discovers new mineral inside a diamond

The new mineral was named goldschmidtite.

September 19, 2019

Alrosa gets an A+ in social, environmental investments

The Russian miner allocates 3% of its revenue to social expenses and 2.2% to environmental initiatives.

September 18, 2019

Lucara finds another big diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana

The operation has this year yielded 22 diamonds larger than 100 carats, eight of them exceeding 200 carats.

September 17, 2019

Rio’s Argyle diamonds go on tour

The Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender is being showcased in Perth, Singapore, London and New York.

September 16, 2019

MIT engineers ‘hide’ $2m-diamond under world’s blackest black material

LJ West Diamonds gave them a 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond to experiment with.

September 12, 2019

De Beers Namibia diamond venture sells mine to local consortium

Namdeb, which unsuccessfully explored a variety of options to extend the life of its Elizabeth Bay Mine beyond 2019, ceased operations in September 2018.

September 12, 2019

South Africa grants Botswana Diamonds ‘critical’ environmental authorization

The permission covers diamond-bearing gravels at the Marsfontein mine, which is next to the company's own Thorny River project.

September 11, 2019

Record gold prices would be bad news for diamonds

Compared to gold, diamonds are an inferior store of wealth.

September 11, 2019

Zimbabwe holds diamond auction for 316,000 carats

Zimbabwe expects to produce 4.1 million carats of diamonds this year, up from 2.8 carats in 2018.

September 10, 2019

Alrosa reports $181.8m in August sales

This was the company's second lowest monthly sales figure this year.