August 7, 2016 Why buyers shunned the world’s largest diamond The Lesedi diamond opened at $50 million and struggled from the start. Fifty-one million dollars, someone offered, and too long after that, $52 million. This was not the scenario that…
August 5, 2016 Hatch congratulates De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds on first diamonds at Gahcho Kué mine Earlier this week, De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds announced the Gahcho Kué processing plant has been commissioned and is producing first diamonds from the Canadian mine—the largest new mine…
August 4, 2016 Diamond mining entrepreneur Robert Gannicott dies at 69 Robert Gannicott is remembered as one of the pioneers and champions of Canada’s diamond industry, which he helped shape for more than two decades.
July 29, 2016 Anglo American declines merger offer from Vedanta Vedanta Resources’ chairman Anil Agarwal allegedly approached Anglo in several opportunities earlier this year to discuss potential tie-ups.
July 28, 2016 Anglo American narrows debt despite posting steep first-half loss The miner said its turnaround plan was “on track” as it slashed debt and beat earnings forecasts in the first half of the year.
July 26, 2016 ARM and RJC strengthen collaboration to facilitate responsible jewellery supply chains ARM and RJC share objectives to promote responsible precious metals supply chains, and will continue working together to ensure their standards and assurance models are mutually supportive.
July 25, 2016 Canada’s diamond staking rush favours early entrants It’s the glittering lure of a possible multi-billion dollar diamond discovery that’s lighting up northern Saskatchewan.
July 25, 2016 China snaps up $4.5bn worth of overseas mining assets in just six months Most of them have been after existing operations and companies, rather than trying to build mines from scratch.
July 25, 2016 Petra Diamonds results beat expectations on strong sales, production Output rose 16% to 3.7 million carats, which puts Petra on track to hit its long term annual target of 5 million carats in 2018, a year earlier than planned.
July 22, 2016 Snap Lake diamond mine is for sale De Beers underground mine in Canada's arctic, shuttered since December, cost $1.7 billion to build and operate and never turned a profit.
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm
