March 19, 2017

Teenager finds 7.44 carat diamond at a park

The diamond is the 7th-largest found at Crater of Diamonds State Park since 1972.

March 16, 2017

UAE appoints Maryam Al Hashemi as the 2017 Chair of the Committee of Participation and Chairmanship of the Kimberley Process

After completing her formal education at Dubai Women’s College, Maryam was drawn to work under the newly formed DMCC in 2003, making her one of its longest current serving employees.

March 16, 2017

Sierra Leone pastor unearths one of the 20 largest diamonds ever found

Emmanuel Momoh found the 706-carat diamond in Sierra Leone's Kono district.

March 16, 2017

World’s top diamond miner Alrosa quadruples profit amid sector recovery

The Russian miner said profit attributable to shareholders totalled $2.25 billion (131.39bn roubles) last year, versus $530K (30.67bn) roubles in 2015.

March 16, 2017

Indian billionaire Agarwal goes after 12% of Anglo American

Deal would make of Volcan Investments Ltd., Agarwal's family trust, the second-largest investor in Anglo American.

March 15, 2017

Five reasons why diamond mining stocks have been under pressure

From February 15th to March 13th, a market-cap weighted aggregation of diamond miners in U.S. dollars including ALROSA Joint-Stock Company, Petra Diamonds Ltd, Dominion Diamond Corp, Gem Diamonds Ltd, Lucara…

March 13, 2017

Harry Winston’s famous Jonker V diamond to fetch up to $3.6M in auction

The rectangular, 25.27-carat gem is one of a collection of 13 polished diamonds cut from the famous 726-carat Jonker rough, unearthed at South Africa’s Elandsfontein mine in 1934.

March 9, 2017

The 20 best mining schools in the world

The rankings are based on data for academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper and research impact.

March 9, 2017

Exhibition of Diavik-mined giant, uncut Foxfire diamond extended

The 187.6-carat rare stone will remain on display until April at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C..

March 6, 2017

A trip through the diamond industry in March 2017

As the diamond industry marks its foray into 2017, Q1 demand for rough has been stronger relative to Q4 2016 and also relative to a year ago.