March 8, 2019 Petra Diamonds shares jump after another discovery at Cullinan It follows the recent recovery of a 6.12 carat Type II blue stone at the same mine.
March 8, 2019 Amazon rainforest’s riches up for grabs as Brazil to open indigenous reserves to mining Brazil’s new right-wing government is going ahead with announced changes to current mining regulations, which include a controversial plan to open up indigenous reserves to mining.
March 7, 2019 Alrosa’s February diamond sales up 23% over January Rough diamonds sales in February increased to $340.6 million, compared to $278.2 million in January 2019.
March 7, 2019 Botswana sees lower mineral revenues in 2019 Retail jewellery sales fell during the last quarter of 2018, while polished prices continued to decline into the beginning of 2019.
March 7, 2019 Zimbabwe to allow foreign platinum miners control of local operations Foreign platinum and diamond miners have been restricted to only 49 percent ownership of their Zimbabwe operations by the black economic empowerment law.
March 6, 2019 SGS launches FAST solutions for the mineral industry Field Analytical Services and Testing (FAST), is launching in North America and Australia.
March 6, 2019 Zimbabwe to scrap platinum and diamond mine ownership rules Zimbabwe holds the world’s second-largest known reserves of platinum-group metals after South Africa, plus substantial deposits of gold, diamonds, lithium, iron ore, coal, chrome and nickel.
March 5, 2019 Canada’s Northwest Territories gets big resource development boost The Government of Canada is investing in projects that will support resource development in an area where the territory's three operating diamond mines are located.
March 4, 2019 Star Diamond shares soar as study reveals ‘unusually high’ amount of high-value stones About 27% of the diamonds at the company’s Orion South and Star exploration sites are type IIa, a category that represents less than 2% of all rough stones mined from…
March 1, 2019 Botswana’s president denies report of $600 million diamond-backed loan to Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs was quoted as saying Botswana had offered to lend Zimbabwe $500 million to support its diamond industry.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
