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.
February 28, 2019 Canada’s mining sector at a crossroads — report Canada's mining sector is going through dramatic change, but the industry remains bullish on growth, and miners increasingly believe innovation and advances in technology will reshape the industry.
February 27, 2019 QMC confirms spodumene in first holes at Irgon Quantum Minerals is currently amid phase one of a two phase drill program at Irgon designed to confirm and expand the project’s historical resource that Lithium Corporation of Canada tabled…
February 27, 2019 Mountain Province begins Kennady North winter drilling The Kennady North property includes the Faraday and Kelvin kimberlites.
February 27, 2019 Rio Tinto investors partying like it’s 2014 Miner will pay a special dividend worth $4 billion, or $2.43 cent a share, as it recorded its highest annual underlying earnings in the last five years.
February 27, 2019 Alrosa unearths 99 carat gem-quality diamond The rock, a unique transparent one with a visible yellow shade and of gem-quality, is the second major find since the launch of the Verkhne-Munskoye diamond deposit.
February 26, 2019 Botswana offers Zimbabwe $600m in loans — report Zimbabwe's diamond sector has struggled since the government kicked out private companies from the eastern Marange fields.
February 25, 2019 De Beers consolidates Canadian, South African assets De Beers announced the change as its mining footprint in both countries is shrinking.
February 21, 2019 Diamond Producers Association launches ‘For Me, From Me’ campaign Latest ‘Real is Rare’ campaign celebrates self-purchase women at all life stages.
Diamond crash 2025: market slump met tech pressure The diamond industry is now shifting from growth to triage, with survival tied less to geology and more to branding. December 29, 2025 | 03:50 am
