April 20, 2018 World’s top diamond producer first-quarter output hit by mine accident Alrosa's production fell by 17% in the first three months of the year mainly due to the halt of its Mir underground mine and lower-grade ores processed from the Jubilee pipe.
April 19, 2018 De Beers launches Sierra Leone-based pilot to remove ‘conflict diamonds’ from the market The world’s top diamond miner will train artisanal and small-scale miners and provide them with tablets as well as a diamond “toolkit” to digitally track their stones throughout the supply…
April 18, 2018 Diamonds confirm existence of planetary “embryo” A planetary “embryo” gave origin to the meteorite fragments that form the Almahata Sitta collection.
April 16, 2018 Diamonds are a Canadian miner’s best friends in Finland Arctic Star reports positive results from The Timantti Diamond project.
April 12, 2018 De Beers is said to lift diamond prices for second straight sale The company raised prices a similar amount in its previous sale at the end of February.
April 12, 2018 Lucara recovers 472 carat diamond, third largest ever for Karowe Recovered from the Karowe Diamond Mine located in Botswana.
April 11, 2018 Why diamond trading slowed down in March Rapaport expects polished trading to continue slowing in the coming months.
April 11, 2018 Mining industry must improve human rights, environment protection — index The Responsible Mining Index, launched in Geneva on Wednesday, assesses the policies and practices of 30 large companies that produce 25 percent of mined commodities, from gold to copper and…
April 10, 2018 Petra Diamonds secures new debt agreements with lenders Petra Diamonds said it has finalised an agreement with its lenders for a waiver of its December 2017 debt covenant and a resetting of debt agreements.
April 10, 2018 Russia’s Alrosa says diamonds sales at $559.5 mln in March Alrosa's total diamond sales in the first quarter 2018 amounted to $1.606 billion, the company said.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
