August 29, 2018

Lucapa confident of lifting its diamond success rate in both Africa and Australia

Diamond producer, ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company Limited (LOM) says the Company has begun to “shine bright” in the world of Special diamonds.

August 27, 2018

Famous yellow diamonds yielding mine up for grabs

The Ellendale mine produced around half of the world’s supply of rare yellow diamonds during peak production.

August 24, 2018

Kremlin aide wants top firms to invest more rather than pay windfall tax

Kremlin aide Andrei Belousov said on Friday he would like major Russian firms to invest in social projects rather than pay higher taxes.

August 23, 2018

Botswana Diamonds partner granted exclusive access to concession in Zimbabwe

Vast Resource is expected to carry out an initial assessment of the Heritage Concession, in the Marange Diamond Fields area.

August 20, 2018

Rio opens new diamond pipe in subarctic Canada

The pipe is expected to be "an important source of incremental supply over the next four years."

August 20, 2018

Lucara Diamond moves forward with ‘stone by stone’ sales plan

Miner will include Sarine’s mapping and planning technologies into its sales platform, which applies algorithms to match rough diamond production with polished manufacturing demand on a stone by stone basis.

August 17, 2018

Zambia tax authority goes after Gemfields

Zambia’s Revenue Authority served the firm two search warrants during an unannounced visit to its Kagem mine.

August 15, 2018

First-half diamond sales down 16 percent at Botswana’s Okavango

Marcus ter Haar said the company sold 1.778 million carats in the first half of 2018 compared with 1.808 million carats in the same period last year.

August 15, 2018

Gem Diamonds big discoveries reach a dozen

The company that digs the world’s most valuable diamonds may soon become the one that also finds the biggest.

August 13, 2018

How Canada’s mining sector impacts the economy

Canada is one of the world’s largest exporters of minerals and metals, supplying approximately 60 different mineral commodities to over 100 countries.