July 31, 2018 De Beers ready to begin South Africa’s Voorspoed mine closure The failed plan was to find an operator with a lower cost structure or a different mining approach that would be able to take over and extend Voorspoed’s life.
July 30, 2018 Lucapa’s mine in Lesotho continues to yield special diamonds The 11.88-carat diamond was recovered from the North zone of the Mothae diamond mine.
July 30, 2018 Brazil studying auction of rights to six unexplored mining areas in 2019 The unexplored areas that have significant potential output of copper, gold, phosphate and other minerals.
July 30, 2018 S&P raises ALROSA’s credit rating to BBB-, outlook is stable The world's leader in diamond mining reports raising of its long-term credit rating by S&P Global Ratings international rating agency to BBВ-, the outlook is stable.
July 30, 2018 Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.
July 27, 2018 South African diamond fetches half a million dollars The gem was sold on tender for $11,267 per carat.
July 26, 2018 De Beers sizes up Canadian diamond project, first big buy in nearly 2 decades Anglo American unit De Beers expects its purchase of Canada's Peregrine Diamonds, its first upstream diamond acquisition since 2000, to be completed in a month to six weeks' time.
July 24, 2018 Canada scaring mining investors with long, unclear permit processes Study released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec are the three main provinces where exploration permit processes have grown longer and less transparent over the past…
July 23, 2018 Petra shares drop after it cuts 2019 diamond production forecast The miner said it expects to produce 4.6 million to 4.8 million carats in 2019, well below the 5.0-5.3 million carats it forecast in July last year.
July 22, 2018 Alrosa to start diamond mining at Zarya by 2019 Total diamond resources are estimated to contain 3.5 million carats of diamonds.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
