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.
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.
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
