May 15, 2018 Historic blue diamond auction exceeds expectations — sold for $6.7 million The Farnese Blue diamond, which was passed down through European royal families for about 300 years, sold Tuesday for $1.4 million more than the maximum figure experts estimated it would…
May 15, 2018 Rio Tinto says climbing costs, resource nationalism once again big threats Chief executive Jean Sebastien-Jacques said the challenge for the industry is to ensure the benefits from the past frugal years are not lost against a backdrop of rising oil prices and…
May 15, 2018 Mountain Province hires former De Beers financial chief as president and CEO Stuart Brown has over 25 years of experience in the diamond industry and is the outgoing Firestone Diamonds chief executive officer.
May 14, 2018 Alrosa steps up diamond marketing as miner eyes more cutting Alrosa has traditionally focused on rough-diamond mining but is gradually changing its business after Sergey Ivanov became CEO a year ago.
May 10, 2018 ALROSA sells rough and polished diamonds worth USD 405.3 million in April ALROSA Group, the world leader in diamond production, announces diamond sales results for April and four months of 2018.
May 10, 2018 De Beers tracks first 100 diamonds through supply chain using blockchain The world’s largest rough diamond producer by value will launch the tracking platform later this year, making it available to the whole industry.
May 9, 2018 Expansion of Canada’s first surface and underground diamond mine delayed Construction of a new open pit at the mine has been delayed until further notice.
May 9, 2018 Lerala Diamond Mine Limited is going on auction This auction includes the sale of the pits, the resource, the process plant and ancillary equipment. Goindustry, along with the liquidators, will assist with the transfer of the mining rights,…
May 8, 2018 Zimbabwe parliament delays Mugabe’s questioning on diamond revenue Mugabe to face legislators over his previous pronouncements that the state had been deprived of at least $15 billion in diamond revenue by mining companies.
May 8, 2018 Fura Gems finds giant emerald at historic Coscuez mine in Colombia The 25.97-carat rough emerald is considered both “rare and exceptional” given its size, colour saturation and clarity.
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