July 4, 2018

New campaign for Rio Tinto’s Australian Diamonds is launched in India

Rio Tinto‘s Australian Diamonds programme has launched its latest campaign in India highlighting a new range of affordable bridal and fashion jewellery from the company’s Argyle diamond mine in Australia.

June 29, 2018

Lucapa digs up another large diamond, this time in Lesotho

Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has found an 89-carat yellow diamond at its 70%-owned Mothae mine in Lesotho during the current bulk sampling program.

June 29, 2018

Bluerock Diamonds trades up on resumption of production at Kareevlei

Company says that changes made to the crushing circuit will positively impact the plant’s performance,

June 28, 2018

Swedwatch report highlights human rights risks in sale of mining equipment to Myanmar

 Irresponsible jade extraction has led to extensive human suffering and environmental degradation in Myanmar’s conflict-affected Kachin state.

June 28, 2018

Alrosa to auction “football” diamonds, the largest one to be named by fansto auction “football” diamonds, the largest one to be named by fans

ALROSA, the world's largest diamond mining company, offers fans to choose a "football" name for large rough diamond weighing 76.53 carats.

June 26, 2018

De Beers just sold 34 million rough diamonds more than last year

The $575-million figure represents a 6% increase from the $541m obtained in the same period last year and 3.7% higher than the $554m it sold last month.

June 22, 2018

ALROSA launches football collection of diamonds on the occasion of the World Cup

The collection consists of 32 round diamonds, 0.3 carats each, named after the countries - participants of the World Cup.

June 22, 2018

Global sales of diamond jewellery have grown by 7% in Q1

In particular, sales of diamond jewelry in North America (the USA and Canada) have increased by 5% as compared to the first quarter of the previous year. The North American…

June 20, 2018

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June 19, 2018

US-China trade spat wipes $57B from top mining stocks in fortnight

Copper, iron ore prices drop, mining majors punished as US threatens more tariffs on "predatory" Chinese imports and Beijing calls it "blackmail".