May 22, 2018

Lucapa on a roll, finds 25-carat yellow diamond in Lesotho mine

Stone was recovered from the Neck zone of the Mothae kimberlite, not part of the current one-million carat Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource.

May 21, 2018

Forevermark unveils new retail concept store in China focused on millennials

Libert’aime by Forevermark offers a diamond jewellery range that has been designed with a young, fashion-forward self-purchasing consumer in mind.

May 19, 2018

Meghan Markle’s wedding band made with Welsh gold from historic mine

The 24-carat piece of gold given to Markle by the Queen originated at the Clogau St. David mine in northwest Wales.

May 18, 2018

Gemfields driving proof of origin and greater transparency for coloured gemstone sector

The coloured gemstone sector has no system, globally at scale, that allows gemstones to be confidently traced from mine to market.

May 17, 2018

ALROSA representative elected as RJC Vice Chair

On May 17, Peter Karakchiev, ALROSA's Head of International Relations, was elected as RJC's Vice Chairman at its 2018 annual general meeting held in Moscow.

May 17, 2018

Global consumer demand for diamond jewellery hits new record high of US$82 billion

An increase in self-purchase of diamond jewellery helped drive demand, representing 33% of total US diamond jewellery pieces acquired in 2017.

May 16, 2018

Young Australians oblivious to mining

Despite mining contributing about 6 per cent of the country's GDP, a study revealed that almost six out of 10 of young Australians know nothing at all about mining careers.

May 16, 2018

Russia’s Alrosa sees rosy prospects from colourful diamonds

The global market for polished coloured diamonds is now dominated by Rio Tinto and Anglo American's De Beers. But state-controlled Alrosa aims to compete.

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…