July 11, 2016 Russia gets $813m for stake in diamond company Alrosa The sum obtained after selling 10.9% of the state-controlled diamond producer will be used to cut budget deficit, the government said.
July 7, 2016 De Beers Canada moves from Toronto to Calgary The move comes as the company readies to open what it calls the world’s biggest diamond mine currently under construction.
July 6, 2016 Dominion Diamond to go ahead with Ekati mine expansion Developing the Jay pipe will help keeping the mine in production until 2033.
July 5, 2016 Illegal gold trade in Congo still benefiting armed groups, foreign companies Illegally acquired and exported gold from the mineral-rich eastern Congo keeps filling the pockets of some foreign companies as well as armed groups, a new report shows.
July 4, 2016 More than 300 workers at risk of temporary layoffs at Ekati diamond mine More than 300 Dominion Diamond employees and contract workers are at risk of being laid off at the Ekati diamond mine after a fire at the mine's processing plant on…
July 1, 2016 Petra sells 121.2- carat diamond for $6 million It was found at Petra's Cullinan mine in South Africa, which has yielded several massive gems, including the largest rough gem diamond ever discovered.
July 1, 2016 Botswana’s economy needs more than diamonds to shine The history of the diamond industry in Africa has been fraught with worker exploitation, environmental destruction, government corruption and squandering of revenues.
June 30, 2016 Alrosa gets own security force Diamond giant will save Russian state millions each year when it takes over security duties at remote mines.
June 30, 2016 ALROSA to establish own security service PJSC ALROSA, the world leader in diamond mining, has announced that it was authorized to establish a departmental security service to protect the Company's production facilities.
June 29, 2016 Despite the hype world’s second-largest diamond ever found fails to sell Canada's Lucara Diamond, the company that found the massive gem, said it will keep it as bids fell short of the minimum reserve price.
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